Knight - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) (syn: horse)
verb
Extra examples
He was made a knight.
He is to be knighted by the Queen for his career as an actor.
The Beatles were knighted
...a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve...
...drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection...
...the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse...
...in medieval legend Sir Galahad is the nonesuch of the noble knight with a pure and unselfish heart...
...in Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is depicted as the one knight who is a paragon of virtue...
...a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages...
The knight slew the dragon.
...the knight mounted his trusty steed...
Sir Edward Archer is an amorous knight.
...a knight in a fur-lined and hooded surcoat over a long tunic stood in the forest clearing...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: knight
he/she/it: knights
present participle: knighting
past tense: knighted
past participle: knighted
singular: knight
plural: knights
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