KNIGHT
Dictionary entry overview: What does knight mean?
• KNIGHT (noun)
The noun KNIGHT has 2 senses:
1. originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
2. a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
Familiarity information: KNIGHT used as a noun is rare.
• KNIGHT (verb)
The verb KNIGHT has 1 sense:
1. raise (someone) to knighthood
Familiarity information: KNIGHT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KNIGHT (noun)
Meaning:
Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("knight" is a kind of...):
male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knight"):
carpet knight (a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle))
bachelor; bachelor-at-arms; knight bachelor (a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon)
banneret; knight banneret; knight of the square flag (a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command)
Knight of the Round Table (in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court)
knight-errant (a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure)
Knight Templar; Templar (a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher)
Instance hyponyms:
Geraint; Sir Geraint ((Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table)
Meaning:
A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
knight; horse
Hypernyms ("knight" is a kind of...):
chess piece; chessman (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)
Domain category:
chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
• KNIGHT (verb)
Meaning:
Raise (someone) to knighthood
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
knight; dub
Context example:
The Beatles were knighted
Hypernyms (to "knight" is one way to...):
ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
