knight has definitions from the fields of chess,games
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[ noun ] originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

The hands and their bosses saw him as a lone knight of the range , waging a dedicated crusade against a lawless new society that was threatening a beloved way_of_life .

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

They know from their researches into television and the movies that knights in the middle_ages had beautiful flowing haircuts like Little_Lord_Fauntleroy , and only the villains had beards .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 155
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[ verb ] raise (someone) to knighthood

Examples

"The Beatles were knighted"

Related terms

ennoble

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[ verb ] raise (someone) to knighthood

Synonyms

dub

Examples

"The Beatles were knighted"

Related terms

appoint ennoble

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[ noun ] (chess,games) a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Synonyms

horse

Related terms

chessman

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