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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Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..
Knights Bannerets :: Knights bannerets (pl. ) of Knight bannere.
#NAME? :: -hood () A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head..
Custrel :: Custrel (n.) An armor-bearer to a knight.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight..
Knight :: Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John..
Childe :: Childe (n.) A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right..
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank..
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank..
Knights Templars :: Knights Templars (pl. ) of Knight Templa.
Cycle :: Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins..
Knightless :: Knightless (a.) Unbecoming a knight.
Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..
Knightage :: Knightage (n.) To body of knights, taken collectively..
Armorer :: Armorer (n.) Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor..
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..
Knights-errant :: Knights-errant (pl. ) of Knight-erran.
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman..
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