knight

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ̯t/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun 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. noun a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
  3. verb raise (someone) to knighthood

Etymology

From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
male aristocrat
Narrower (hyponyms)
knight bachelor, knight of the round table, knight-errant, knight templar, knight banneret, carpet knight

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