Pronunciation
Noun
knight (knights )
- 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.
Synonyms
- (chess piece): horse (rare)
Translations
warrior, especially of the Middle Ages
- Danish: ridder
- Dutch: ridder
- Esperanto: kavaliro
- Finnish: ritari
- French: chevalier m
- German: Ritter m
- Italian: cavaliere m
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- Japanese: 騎士 (きし, kishi)
- Persian: شهسوار (shahsavar)
- Polish: rycerz m
- Slovak: rytier m
- Slovene: vitez m
- Spanish: caballero m
- Swedish: knekt c
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person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch
chess piece
- Dutch: paard
- Esperanto: ĉevalo
- Finnish: ratsu
- German: Springer m
- Italian: cavallo m
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- Japanese: 桂馬 (けいま, keima)
- Persian: اسب (asb)
- Polish: skoczek m
- Portuguese: cavalo m
- Slovak: jazdec m
- Slovene: konj m, skakač m
- Swedish: springare c, häst c
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Translations to Check
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- Czech: rytíř m
- Old English: cniht
- Indonesian: ksatria , satria
Verb
to knight (knights , knighted , knighting )
- To confer knighthood upon.
- The king knighted the young squire.
Translations
- Finnish: lyödä ritari
- German: zum Ritter schlagen
- Persian: شوالیه كردن (shovalye kardan)
- Swedish: dubba
Derived terms
- knighthood
- knightly
- knight-errant
- Knight Templar
