knight
An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
Noun 4 meanings
An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
“King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”
A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
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, leaping over any intervening pieces.
Verb 2 meanings
To confer knighthood upon.
“The king knighted the young squire.”
To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
Etymology
From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
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KNIGHT at a glance
KNIGHT has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (K 5 + N 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,379 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with knight
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- ANIGHT10
- KEIGHT14
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