Knight
41knight — 1 noun (C) 1 a man with a high rank in former times who was trained to fight while riding a horse: knights in armour see also: white knight 2 a man who has received a knighthood and has the title sir (4) before his name 3 the chess piece with a… …
42Knight — A highly trained and armored warrior of medieval Europe, who was usually a member of the lower class of nobility. Buying and maintaining the necessary horses, armor, weapons and squires was very expensive. There were several ranks of knight.… …
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43knight — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cniht man at arms, boy, servant; akin to Old High German kneht youth, military follower Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a mounted man at arms serving a feudal superior; especially a man… …
44Knight — Orig. a boy or young man; the military servant of someone of high rank; a feudal tenant holding land for which he owed military service; a man raised by king or queen to an honourable, high rank; in courtly romance and lyric sometimes used for an …
45knight — n. to dub smb. knight * * * [naɪt] to dub smb. knight …
46knight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knight errant; cavalier, chevalier; paladin, champion, Galahad; Templar; noble. See defense, nobility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cavalier, caballero (Spanish), gentleman, champion, knight errant, thane …
47knight — [OE] The word knight has come up in the world over the centuries. In the Old English period it simply meant ‘boy’ or ‘young man’. By the 10th century it had broadened out to ‘male servant’, and within a hundred years of that we find it being used …
48knight — [[t]naɪt[/t]] n. 1) why (in the Middle Ages) a) a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior b) a man, usu. of noble birth, who after serving as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct 2) any… …
49Knight — See Stearns Knight Willys Knight …
50knight — [OE] The word knight has come up in the world over the centuries. In the Old English period it simply meant ‘boy’ or ‘young man’. By the 10th century it had broadened out to ‘male servant’, and within a hundred years of that we find it being used …
