nnoun.personoriginally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal meritDerivationally Related Form:knightknightly
Hypernyms:male aristocrat
Inherited Hypernyms:knightmale aristocrataristocratleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:knightmale aristocrataristocratleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Knight TemplarKnight of the Round TableTemplarbachelorbachelor-at-armsbanneretcarpet knightknight-errantknight bachelorknight banneretknight of the square flag
Instance Hyponyms:Geraint Sir Geraint
Full Hyponyms:carpet knightknight-errantknight bachelorknight banneretknight of the round tableknight templar
nnoun.artifacta chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)Topic:chesschess game
Synset:horse
Hypernyms:chess piece chessman
Inherited Hypernyms:knightchessmanmangame equipmentequipmentinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.socialraise (someone) to knighthoodSynset:dub
Examples:- The Beatles were knighted
Derivationally Related Form:knight
Hypernyms:ennoble entitle gentle
Inherited Hypernyms:knightennoblepromotedelegateappoint
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody