What is the female equivalent of a Knight?

Answer 1

In the British system the female equivalent of address to Sir for a British knighthood is Dame . This can be the title of a woman who has been made a Dame Commander or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, or Order of the British Empire. Women who are appointed to the Order of the Garter or Order of the Thistle are not given the tile of "Dame" but "Lady".

Because there is no female equivalent of a Knight Bachelor, women deserving an honour of this rank are appointed Dames of an Order of chivalry instead.

Answer 2

There are a couple of different ways of answering this.

The wife of a knight was of the same social rank and was called a lady. The term lady, however, applied to a number of other situations as well.

A woman who was a knight in her own right was usually called Dame as a title. There were exceptions, as in the Knights of the Garter, whose female members had the title Lady, even though they were knights in their own right.

There were other usages in other countries, but they were equivalent, and often made the same distinction between the wife of a knight and a woman who was a knight.

There were several orders of knighthood that admitted women as knights, and I know of one that was made up entirely of women who had been in combat.

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Answer 3

Do you mean like the equivalent in rank or like what you'd call a female knight?

Back in medieval times there weren't really any women that fought so I don't think there would have even been a word for a female knight.

lady? Knight and Lady.

In Great Britain,

lady = the title of respect given to a marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness; to the daughter of a duke, marquis, or earl; or to the wife of a baronet, knight, or holder of the courtesy title Lord

Answer 4

The female equivalent of a Knight is a Dame. It is an honorary title given by a monarch or government official to recognize a woman for her significant contributions or achievements.