Thesaurus: knight

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1. n. A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
2. n. In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
3. n. One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.
4. n. A champion; a partisan; a lover.
5. n. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
6. n. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
7. v. t. To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.
8. n. originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
9. n. a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
10. v. raise (someone) to knighthood
11. To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by thesovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying:Rise, Sir ---.A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of Cknighted in the field. Shak.