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Definition of knight
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Knight
(n.) A piece used in the game of
chess,
usually
bearing
a
horse's
head..
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Templar
::
Templar
(n.) A
student
of law, so
called
from
having
apartments
in the
Temple
at
London,
the
original
buildings
having
belonged
to the
Knights
Templars.
See Inner
Temple,
and
Middle
Temple,
under
Temple..
Socage
::
Socage
(n.) A
tenure
of lands and
tenements
by a
certain
or
determinate
service;
a
tenure
distinct
from
chivalry
or
knight's
service,
in which the
obligations
were
uncertain.
The
service
must be
certain,
in order to be
denominated
socage,
as to hold by
fealty
and
twenty
shillings
rent..
Dub
::
Dub (v. t.) To
confer
knighthood
upon; as, the king
dubbed
his son Henry a
knight..
Banneret
::
Banneret
(n.)
Originally,
a
knight
who led his
vassals
into the field under his own
banner;
--
commonly
used as a title of
rank..
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.
Knight-er-ratic
::
Knight-er-ratic
(a.)
Pertaining
to a
knight-errant
or to
knight-errantry.
Knightly
::
Knightly
(adv.)
In a
manner
becoming
a
knight.
Knighthead
::
Knighthead
(n.) A
bollard
timber.
See under
Bollard.
Crosspiece
::
Crosspiece
(n.) A bar or
timber
connecting
two
knightheads
or two
bitts.
Degradation
::
Degradation
(n.) The act of
reducing
in rank,
character,
or
reputation,
or of
abasing;
a
lowering
from one's
standing
or rank in
office
or
society;
diminution;
as, the
degradation
of a peer, a
knight,
a
general,
or a
bishop..
Esquire
::
Esquire
(n.)
Originally,
a
shield-bearer
or
armor-bearer,
an
attendant
on a
knight;
in
modern
times,
a title of
dignity
next in
degree
below
knight
and above
gentleman;
also, a title of
office
and
courtesy;
-- often
shortened
to
squire..
Preceptory
::
Preceptory
(n.) A
religious
house of the
Knights
Templars,
subordinate
to the
temple
or
principal
house of the order in
London.
See
Commandery,
n., 2..
Errantry
::
Errantry
(n.) The
employment
of a
knight-errant.
Quixotism
::
Quixotism
(n.) That form of
delusion
which leads to
extravagant
and
absurd
undertakings
or
sacrifices
in
obedience
to a
morbidly
romantic
ideal of duty or
honor,
as
illustrated
by the
exploits
of Don
Quixote
in
knight-errantry..
Bachelor
::
Bachelor
(n.) A
knight
who had no
standard
of his own, but
fought
under the
standard
of
another
in the
field;
often,
a young
knight..
Chivalrous
::
Chivalrous
(a.)
Pertaining
to
chivalry
or
knight-errantry;
warlike;
heroic;
gallant;
high-spirited;
high-minded;
magnanimous.
Knightless
::
Knightless
(a.)
Unbecoming
a
knight.
Orle
::
Orle (n.) The
wreath,
or
chaplet,
surmounting
or
encircling
the
helmet
of a
knight
and
bearing
the
crest..
Ailette
::
Ailette
(n.) A small
square
shield,
formerly
worn on the
shoulders
of
knights,
-- being the
prototype
of the
modern
epaulet..
Knight Service
::
Knight
service
() A
tenure
of lands held by
knights
on
condition
of
performing
military
service.
See
Chivalry,
n., 4..
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