Definition of white knight in English:

white knight

noun

1A person or thing that comes to someone's aid.
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile France, the white knight of peace and conscience of Europe, has only very recently ceased its overt efforts at trying to protect the Sudanese government.
- The only thing that gives it resonance is Brandon de Wilde as the little boy who follows the white knight on his rounds, entranced, and who then calls after him when his work is done and he rides off into the landscape.
- Hailed as the clichéd white knight riding in on his trusted steed - in this instance a shiny sports convertible - Batchelor was hero-worshipped by the fans, not only for saving the club but his openness as well.
- Like nurses they are white knights in a society over-dominated by people obsessed purely with their own needs.
- Certainly, it rubs a little of the shine off the halo Democrats have built around him; Rubin the white knight turns out to like to pressure the government in his own interest, just like everyone else.
- I too recall when Kerry rode into Washington as the white knight of the peace movement.
- Press coverage portrayed him as the white knight coming to the aid of the millions of people at risk of being denied medical treatment.
- Many see Kerry Group boss Denis Brosnan as a white knight who will come to the rescue of Irish agribusiness.
- Of course, when you are a blonde bombshell, there are bound to be white knights coming out of the old-world woodwork.
- The novel's hero, Justin Quayle, becomes ever more the white knight, superb and incorruptible in his quest.
- The tenants believed that Delgadillo was the white knight who would step in and save them from evictions.
- We are pleading with people, this is really the last chance now and we need a white knight in shining armour to ride in and save us.
- Then Steve Archibald, the former Barcelona and Scotland striker, came over the horizon as a white knight.
- We want that Mr. Right to come in our lives on a white knight as much as that's not politically correct nowadays.
- Eventually it found its white knight in the Manchester-based developer Urban Splash.
- Deliver us a white knight, a true and brave soul who can rid us of scoundrels, scalawags and in-it-for-themselves special interests.
- A Serbian woman who spent more than a year hiding from authorities in a church basement came face to face Sunday with the man her supporters hope will be her white knight.
- Recently, a white knight rode in to rescue the damsel in distress.
- The trick we have to do is live up to the image of the white knight in shining armor.
- I do not say the FSA is always right, and I long ago ceased to see it as a shining white knight rushing to the public's rescue.
1. 1.1 A person or company making an acceptable counter-offer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid.
  the company was sold off to a white knight to fend off a hostile raider
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘Basically Microsoft is going to use the legal system to shut down open source software, and for all of its cleverness, the GPL makes it fairly easy unless a white knight steps in,’ wrote Campbell.
  But with the search for a white knight investor unlikely to be successful, the directors of Ansett met yesterday to formulate their response to the crisis.
  No white knight arrived for inViso (Sunnyvale, CA) in the fall of 2001, however, as it also ran out of money in the absence of customer orders and had to close its doors.
  White Knight - Always representing the ‘good guy’, a white knight gallops in when a black knight is making a hostile takeover attempt.
  Disney could look for a potential white knight to rescue it from unwanted bidders and up the ante for Comcast.
  Some politicians have even talked about Volare as a white knight to save the larger carrier.
  But it's also likely that AT&T shareholders are not expecting a white knight to ride in and outbid Comcast.
  The French government itself, however, could already have made the white knight idea a difficult proposition for Aventis.
  Irish credit card customers must often wish that some white knight such as Bank of Scotland or Northern Rock would come to their rescue and slash rates from almost 20 per cent to closer to 10 per cent.
  Some bankers expect that, as more hedge funds turn hostile, the more nurturing private-equity firms will present themselves as white knights ready to ride to the rescue of the hedgers' targets.
  Probably not, but don't expect the market power argument to get a run in the face of patriotic fervour surrounding our Aussie white knight fending off the dodgy Swiss raiders.
  Amegy, so the story goes, sought a white knight in Zions Bancorporation of Salt Lake City, whose chairman has known Johnson for years.
  A potential acquirer who outbids a white knight in an unfriendly takeover attempt.
  Sheehy is certainly keen to portray himself as the white knight who has moved in to the investment trust sector to clear out the dead wood and help initiate a new era of transparency for investors.
  So the white knight that Southcorp's chairman Brian Finn and the markets are anticipating may not arrive.
  So far, no white knight has emerged to rescue Le Monde.
  The OS vendor is certainly looking for a buyer or a white knight.
  He stepped into a takeover battle as a white knight and emerged as majority owner of an old and underperforming mine in Ontario.
  In 1994, Saudi billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal acted as Euro Disney's white knight, taking an almost 25 per cent stake in the company to avert a financial crisis.
  Britain's biggest bank, HSBC, is being pressed to act as a white knight by Abbey shareholders unhappy at the £8 billion takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano of Spain.

Definition of white knight in US English:

white knight

nounˈˌ(h)wīt ˈnītˈˌ(h)waɪt ˈnaɪt

1A person or thing that comes to someone's aid.
Example sentencesExamples
- A Serbian woman who spent more than a year hiding from authorities in a church basement came face to face Sunday with the man her supporters hope will be her white knight.
- Of course, when you are a blonde bombshell, there are bound to be white knights coming out of the old-world woodwork.
- We want that Mr. Right to come in our lives on a white knight as much as that's not politically correct nowadays.
- The only thing that gives it resonance is Brandon de Wilde as the little boy who follows the white knight on his rounds, entranced, and who then calls after him when his work is done and he rides off into the landscape.
- The trick we have to do is live up to the image of the white knight in shining armor.
- Then Steve Archibald, the former Barcelona and Scotland striker, came over the horizon as a white knight.
- I too recall when Kerry rode into Washington as the white knight of the peace movement.
- Meanwhile France, the white knight of peace and conscience of Europe, has only very recently ceased its overt efforts at trying to protect the Sudanese government.
- Eventually it found its white knight in the Manchester-based developer Urban Splash.
- Deliver us a white knight, a true and brave soul who can rid us of scoundrels, scalawags and in-it-for-themselves special interests.
- We are pleading with people, this is really the last chance now and we need a white knight in shining armour to ride in and save us.
- Many see Kerry Group boss Denis Brosnan as a white knight who will come to the rescue of Irish agribusiness.
- The tenants believed that Delgadillo was the white knight who would step in and save them from evictions.
- Like nurses they are white knights in a society over-dominated by people obsessed purely with their own needs.
- Press coverage portrayed him as the white knight coming to the aid of the millions of people at risk of being denied medical treatment.
- Hailed as the clichéd white knight riding in on his trusted steed - in this instance a shiny sports convertible - Batchelor was hero-worshipped by the fans, not only for saving the club but his openness as well.
- Recently, a white knight rode in to rescue the damsel in distress.
- The novel's hero, Justin Quayle, becomes ever more the white knight, superb and incorruptible in his quest.
- I do not say the FSA is always right, and I long ago ceased to see it as a shining white knight rushing to the public's rescue.
- Certainly, it rubs a little of the shine off the halo Democrats have built around him; Rubin the white knight turns out to like to pressure the government in his own interest, just like everyone else.
1. 1.1 A person or company making an acceptable counteroffer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid.
  the company was sold off to a white knight to fend off a hostile raider
  Example sentencesExamples
  So far, no white knight has emerged to rescue Le Monde.
  Irish credit card customers must often wish that some white knight such as Bank of Scotland or Northern Rock would come to their rescue and slash rates from almost 20 per cent to closer to 10 per cent.
  A potential acquirer who outbids a white knight in an unfriendly takeover attempt.
  No white knight arrived for inViso (Sunnyvale, CA) in the fall of 2001, however, as it also ran out of money in the absence of customer orders and had to close its doors.
  Sheehy is certainly keen to portray himself as the white knight who has moved in to the investment trust sector to clear out the dead wood and help initiate a new era of transparency for investors.
  In 1994, Saudi billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal acted as Euro Disney's white knight, taking an almost 25 per cent stake in the company to avert a financial crisis.
  He stepped into a takeover battle as a white knight and emerged as majority owner of an old and underperforming mine in Ontario.
  Disney could look for a potential white knight to rescue it from unwanted bidders and up the ante for Comcast.
  But it's also likely that AT&T shareholders are not expecting a white knight to ride in and outbid Comcast.
  Britain's biggest bank, HSBC, is being pressed to act as a white knight by Abbey shareholders unhappy at the £8 billion takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
  The OS vendor is certainly looking for a buyer or a white knight.
  The French government itself, however, could already have made the white knight idea a difficult proposition for Aventis.
  White Knight - Always representing the ‘good guy’, a white knight gallops in when a black knight is making a hostile takeover attempt.
  So the white knight that Southcorp's chairman Brian Finn and the markets are anticipating may not arrive.
  But with the search for a white knight investor unlikely to be successful, the directors of Ansett met yesterday to formulate their response to the crisis.
  ‘Basically Microsoft is going to use the legal system to shut down open source software, and for all of its cleverness, the GPL makes it fairly easy unless a white knight steps in,’ wrote Campbell.
  Some politicians have even talked about Volare as a white knight to save the larger carrier.
  Some bankers expect that, as more hedge funds turn hostile, the more nurturing private-equity firms will present themselves as white knights ready to ride to the rescue of the hedgers' targets.
  Probably not, but don't expect the market power argument to get a run in the face of patriotic fervour surrounding our Aussie white knight fending off the dodgy Swiss raiders.
  Amegy, so the story goes, sought a white knight in Zions Bancorporation of Salt Lake City, whose chairman has known Johnson for years.

单词	white knight
释义	Definition of white knight in English: white knight noun 1A person or thing that comes to someone's aid. Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile France, the white knight of peace and conscience of Europe, has only very recently ceased its overt efforts at trying to protect the Sudanese government. The only thing that gives it resonance is Brandon de Wilde as the little boy who follows the white knight on his rounds, entranced, and who then calls after him when his work is done and he rides off into the landscape. Hailed as the clichéd white knight riding in on his trusted steed - in this instance a shiny sports convertible - Batchelor was hero-worshipped by the fans, not only for saving the club but his openness as well. Like nurses they are white knights in a society over-dominated by people obsessed purely with their own needs. Certainly, it rubs a little of the shine off the halo Democrats have built around him; Rubin the white knight turns out to like to pressure the government in his own interest, just like everyone else. I too recall when Kerry rode into Washington as the white knight of the peace movement. Press coverage portrayed him as the white knight coming to the aid of the millions of people at risk of being denied medical treatment. Many see Kerry Group boss Denis Brosnan as a white knight who will come to the rescue of Irish agribusiness. Of course, when you are a blonde bombshell, there are bound to be white knights coming out of the old-world woodwork. The novel's hero, Justin Quayle, becomes ever more the white knight, superb and incorruptible in his quest. The tenants believed that Delgadillo was the white knight who would step in and save them from evictions. We are pleading with people, this is really the last chance now and we need a white knight in shining armour to ride in and save us. Then Steve Archibald, the former Barcelona and Scotland striker, came over the horizon as a white knight. We want that Mr. Right to come in our lives on a white knight as much as that's not politically correct nowadays. Eventually it found its white knight in the Manchester-based developer Urban Splash. Deliver us a white knight, a true and brave soul who can rid us of scoundrels, scalawags and in-it-for-themselves special interests. A Serbian woman who spent more than a year hiding from authorities in a church basement came face to face Sunday with the man her supporters hope will be her white knight. Recently, a white knight rode in to rescue the damsel in distress. The trick we have to do is live up to the image of the white knight in shining armor. I do not say the FSA is always right, and I long ago ceased to see it as a shining white knight rushing to the public's rescue. 1.1 A person or company making an acceptable counter-offer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid. the company was sold off to a white knight to fend off a hostile raider Example sentencesExamples ‘Basically Microsoft is going to use the legal system to shut down open source software, and for all of its cleverness, the GPL makes it fairly easy unless a white knight steps in,’ wrote Campbell. But with the search for a white knight investor unlikely to be successful, the directors of Ansett met yesterday to formulate their response to the crisis. No white knight arrived for inViso (Sunnyvale, CA) in the fall of 2001, however, as it also ran out of money in the absence of customer orders and had to close its doors. White Knight - Always representing the ‘good guy’, a white knight gallops in when a black knight is making a hostile takeover attempt. Disney could look for a potential white knight to rescue it from unwanted bidders and up the ante for Comcast. Some politicians have even talked about Volare as a white knight to save the larger carrier. But it's also likely that AT&T shareholders are not expecting a white knight to ride in and outbid Comcast. The French government itself, however, could already have made the white knight idea a difficult proposition for Aventis. Irish credit card customers must often wish that some white knight such as Bank of Scotland or Northern Rock would come to their rescue and slash rates from almost 20 per cent to closer to 10 per cent. Some bankers expect that, as more hedge funds turn hostile, the more nurturing private-equity firms will present themselves as white knights ready to ride to the rescue of the hedgers' targets. Probably not, but don't expect the market power argument to get a run in the face of patriotic fervour surrounding our Aussie white knight fending off the dodgy Swiss raiders. Amegy, so the story goes, sought a white knight in Zions Bancorporation of Salt Lake City, whose chairman has known Johnson for years. A potential acquirer who outbids a white knight in an unfriendly takeover attempt. Sheehy is certainly keen to portray himself as the white knight who has moved in to the investment trust sector to clear out the dead wood and help initiate a new era of transparency for investors. So the white knight that Southcorp's chairman Brian Finn and the markets are anticipating may not arrive. So far, no white knight has emerged to rescue Le Monde. The OS vendor is certainly looking for a buyer or a white knight. He stepped into a takeover battle as a white knight and emerged as majority owner of an old and underperforming mine in Ontario. In 1994, Saudi billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal acted as Euro Disney's white knight, taking an almost 25 per cent stake in the company to avert a financial crisis. Britain's biggest bank, HSBC, is being pressed to act as a white knight by Abbey shareholders unhappy at the £8 billion takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano of Spain. Definition of white knight in US English: white knight nounˈˌ(h)wīt ˈnītˈˌ(h)waɪt ˈnaɪt 1A person or thing that comes to someone's aid. Example sentencesExamples A Serbian woman who spent more than a year hiding from authorities in a church basement came face to face Sunday with the man her supporters hope will be her white knight. Of course, when you are a blonde bombshell, there are bound to be white knights coming out of the old-world woodwork. We want that Mr. Right to come in our lives on a white knight as much as that's not politically correct nowadays. The only thing that gives it resonance is Brandon de Wilde as the little boy who follows the white knight on his rounds, entranced, and who then calls after him when his work is done and he rides off into the landscape. The trick we have to do is live up to the image of the white knight in shining armor. Then Steve Archibald, the former Barcelona and Scotland striker, came over the horizon as a white knight. I too recall when Kerry rode into Washington as the white knight of the peace movement. Meanwhile France, the white knight of peace and conscience of Europe, has only very recently ceased its overt efforts at trying to protect the Sudanese government. Eventually it found its white knight in the Manchester-based developer Urban Splash. Deliver us a white knight, a true and brave soul who can rid us of scoundrels, scalawags and in-it-for-themselves special interests. We are pleading with people, this is really the last chance now and we need a white knight in shining armour to ride in and save us. Many see Kerry Group boss Denis Brosnan as a white knight who will come to the rescue of Irish agribusiness. The tenants believed that Delgadillo was the white knight who would step in and save them from evictions. Like nurses they are white knights in a society over-dominated by people obsessed purely with their own needs. Press coverage portrayed him as the white knight coming to the aid of the millions of people at risk of being denied medical treatment. Hailed as the clichéd white knight riding in on his trusted steed - in this instance a shiny sports convertible - Batchelor was hero-worshipped by the fans, not only for saving the club but his openness as well. Recently, a white knight rode in to rescue the damsel in distress. The novel's hero, Justin Quayle, becomes ever more the white knight, superb and incorruptible in his quest. I do not say the FSA is always right, and I long ago ceased to see it as a shining white knight rushing to the public's rescue. Certainly, it rubs a little of the shine off the halo Democrats have built around him; Rubin the white knight turns out to like to pressure the government in his own interest, just like everyone else. 1.1 A person or company making an acceptable counteroffer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid. the company was sold off to a white knight to fend off a hostile raider Example sentencesExamples So far, no white knight has emerged to rescue Le Monde. Irish credit card customers must often wish that some white knight such as Bank of Scotland or Northern Rock would come to their rescue and slash rates from almost 20 per cent to closer to 10 per cent. A potential acquirer who outbids a white knight in an unfriendly takeover attempt. No white knight arrived for inViso (Sunnyvale, CA) in the fall of 2001, however, as it also ran out of money in the absence of customer orders and had to close its doors. Sheehy is certainly keen to portray himself as the white knight who has moved in to the investment trust sector to clear out the dead wood and help initiate a new era of transparency for investors. In 1994, Saudi billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal acted as Euro Disney's white knight, taking an almost 25 per cent stake in the company to avert a financial crisis. He stepped into a takeover battle as a white knight and emerged as majority owner of an old and underperforming mine in Ontario. Disney could look for a potential white knight to rescue it from unwanted bidders and up the ante for Comcast. But it's also likely that AT&T shareholders are not expecting a white knight to ride in and outbid Comcast. Britain's biggest bank, HSBC, is being pressed to act as a white knight by Abbey shareholders unhappy at the £8 billion takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano of Spain. The OS vendor is certainly looking for a buyer or a white knight. The French government itself, however, could already have made the white knight idea a difficult proposition for Aventis. White Knight - Always representing the ‘good guy’, a white knight gallops in when a black knight is making a hostile takeover attempt. So the white knight that Southcorp's chairman Brian Finn and the markets are anticipating may not arrive. But with the search for a white knight investor unlikely to be successful, the directors of Ansett met yesterday to formulate their response to the crisis. ‘Basically Microsoft is going to use the legal system to shut down open source software, and for all of its cleverness, the GPL makes it fairly easy unless a white knight steps in,’ wrote Campbell. Some politicians have even talked about Volare as a white knight to save the larger carrier. Some bankers expect that, as more hedge funds turn hostile, the more nurturing private-equity firms will present themselves as white knights ready to ride to the rescue of the hedgers' targets. Probably not, but don't expect the market power argument to get a run in the face of patriotic fervour surrounding our Aussie white knight fending off the dodgy Swiss raiders. Amegy, so the story goes, sought a white knight in Zions Bancorporation of Salt Lake City, whose chairman has known Johnson for years.
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