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knight (nīt)
n.
    1. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
    2. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
    3. (Abbr. K.) A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
  1. (Abbr. Knt. or Kt.) A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
    1. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
    2. The devoted champion of a lady.
  2. (Abbr. Kt or N) Games. A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.
tr.v., knight·ed, knight·ing, knights.
To raise (a person) to knighthood.

[Middle English, from Old English cniht.]

knightly knight'ly adj. & adv.
knightliness knight'li·ness n.



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