knight
/ˈnaɪ̯t/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
noun
An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
noun
A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
noun
A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "Not all knights held fiefs, and it was not unusual for knights to buy themselves freedom from the obligations of the fief, or even to abscond with the arms provided by their lord, becoming a part of the large number of unenfeoffed, wandering knights available for hire […]"
- "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table"
- "There are two tombs, each bearing effigies of a knight and his lady. One is 14th century, the other 15th century. The earlier knight wears chain mail and his lady has long, flowing hair. The later knight has plate armour, and his wife wears a wimple."
- "The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal. […] There are two knights, on the squares g1 and e1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Ngf3 or Nef3, as the case may be."
- "The Knight is quite common in the Srimangal forests, especially along the beds of dry or flowing streams."
- "The Knight is a rather common species on Pulau Ubin and is regular seen on various parts of the island."
Etymology
From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnaɪ̯t/
- British English: /ˈnaɪ̯t/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
ale-knight
ashen knight
belted knight
birch knight
bitter knight
black knight
blue-spot knight
booted knight