Definition of knight

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Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..

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Donship :: Donship (n.) The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight..
Chivalry :: Chivalry (n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry..
Knightly :: Knightly (adv.) In a manner becoming a knight.
Knights Templars :: Knights Templars (pl. ) of Knight Templa.
Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.
Knights Bachelors :: Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelo.
Knightless :: Knightless (a.) Unbecoming a knight.
Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta..
Knighting :: Knighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knigh.
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..
Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..
Equestrian :: Equestrian (a.) Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
Companion :: Companion (n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Knight Banneret :: Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle..
Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..
Squire :: Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire..
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight..
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