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单词 knight
释义

knight

[ nahyt ]
/ naɪt /
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noun

verb (used with object)

to dub or make (a man) a knight.

Origin of knight

before 900; Middle English; Old English cniht boy, manservant; cognate with German, Dutch knecht servant

OTHER WORDS FROM knight

knightless, adjectiveun·knight·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH knight

knight , night

Words nearby knight

knife pleat, knifepoint, knife rest, Knife River, knife switch, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, Knight, Death and the Devil, knight-errant, knight-errantry

Definition for knight (2 of 2)

Knight
[ nahyt ]
/ naɪt /

noun

Eric, 1897–1943, U.S. novelist, born in England.
Frank Hy·ne·man [hahy-nuh-muhn], /ˈhaɪ nə mən/, 1885–1972, U.S. economist.
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British Dictionary definitions for knight (1 of 2)

knight
/ (naɪt) /

noun

(in medieval Europe)
  1. (originally) a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier
  2. (later) a gentleman invested by a king or other lord with the military and social standing of this rank
(in modern times) a person invested by a sovereign with a nonhereditary rank and dignity usually in recognition of personal services, achievements, etc. A British knight bears the title Sir placed before his name, as in Sir Winston Churchill
a chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves either two squares horizontally and one square vertically or one square horizontally and two squares vertically
a heroic champion of a lady or of a cause or principle
a member of the Roman class of the equites

verb

(tr) to make (a person) a knight; dub

Word Origin for knight

Old English cniht servant; related to Old High German kneht boy

British Dictionary definitions for knight (2 of 2)

Knight
/ (naɪt) /

noun

Dame Laura. 1887–1970, British painter, noted for her paintings of Gypsies, the ballet, and the circus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for knight

knight

A mounted warrior in Europe in the Middle Ages. (See chivalry.)

notes for knight

Over the centuries, knighthood gradually lost its military functions, but it has survived as a social distinction in Europe, especially in England.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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