Definition of knight

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Knight (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 ---..

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Ale-knight :: Ale-knight (n.) A pot companion.
Knight-er-ratic :: Knight-er-ratic (a.) Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.
Equestrian :: Equestrian (a.) Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order..
Unknight :: Unknight (v. t.) To deprive of knighthood.
Knight Banneret :: Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle..
Knightage :: Knightage (n.) To body of knights, taken collectively..
Knight-errantries :: Knight-errantries (pl. ) of Knight-errantr.
Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..
Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..
Knights Bachelors :: Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelo.
Knight-errantry :: Knight-errantry (n.) The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
Garter :: Garter (n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself..
Knighthood :: Knighthood (n.) The whole body of knights.
Templar :: Templar (n.) One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars..
Paladin :: Paladin (n.) A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne..
Sir :: Sir (n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
Donzel :: Donzel (n.) A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page..
Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta..
Templar :: Templar (n.) One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple..
Knighthood :: Knighthood (n.) The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry..
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