Definition of Kniht
Knight (?), n. [OE. knight,
cniht, knight, soldier, As. cniht, cneoht, a
boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G.
knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military
attendant. [Obs.]
2. (a) 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.
(b) 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. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give
this ring to my true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will
I be your knight." Tennyson.
Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. Shak.
&fist; Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a knight
is not hereditary.
3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually
bearing a horse's head.
4. A playing card bearing the figure of a
knight; the knave or jack. [Obs.]
Carpet knight. See under Carpet.
-- Knight of industry. See Chevalier
d'industrie, under Chevalier. -- Knight of
Malta, Knight of Rhodes, Knight
of St. John of Jerusalem. See Hospitaler. -
- Knight of the post, one who gained his living
by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. Nares. "A knight of the post, . . .
quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything
for twelve pence." Nash. -- Knight of the
shire, in England, one of the representatives of a
county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of
cities and boroughs. -- Knights commanders,
Knights grand cross, different classes of the
Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and Companion.
Knights of labor, a secret organization whose
professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.] --
Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in
Washington, d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes. -
- Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging
to an order which, according to the legendary accounts, was
instituted by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn
days. Brande & C.
Knight, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Knighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knighting.] 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 ---.
A soldier, by the honor-giving hand
Of C&?;ur-de-Lion knighted in the field.
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
KNIGHT, n.
Once a warrior gentle of birth,
Then a person of civic worth,
Now a fellow to move our mirth.
Warrior, person, and fellow -- no more:
We must knight our dogs to get any lower.
Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be,
Noble Knights of the Golden Flea,
Knights of the Order of St. Steboy,
Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy.
God speed the day when this knighting fad
Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
- Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
- (chess) A chess piece often in the shape of a horse's head that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move.
- To confer knighthood upon.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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