noun Download 🔗Share A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord. Examples : "The knight helped the queen with her homework. " military royal history person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire. Examples : "The young knight, having served his apprenticeship as a squire, was now ready to take on his duties as a nobleman. " royal person history military title war society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. Examples : "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" history person military royal culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch. Examples : "Sir Arthur, a knight of the realm, was honored at the school's annual awards ceremony. " royal culture person history title Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest. Examples : "The young knight dedicated himself to helping his classmates who were struggling in math class. " culture literature royal character person history military tradition heraldry war society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The knight moved two squares forward, then one square to the side, capturing the bishop. " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. Examples : "My younger brother loves to play cards, and his favorite card is the knight. " game figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima. Examples : "The butterfly fluttering by the window is a knight butterfly. " insect animal biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the fungal order gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma. Examples : "My friend collected several knights mushrooms in the woods behind the school. " organism plant biology nature food vegetable science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To confer knighthood upon. Examples : "The king knighted the young squire." royal ritual culture history military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To promote (a pawn) to a knight. Examples : "The coach knighted the pawn to a knight in the chess game. " game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading