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knight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | horse |
| Type of | chess piece, chessman |
knight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | male aristocrat |
| Has types | knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight of the round table, knight of the square flag, knight templar, bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, banneret, carpet knight, knight-errant, templar |
| Derivation | knightly |
Examples of knight
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Knight hit a 3-pointer barely 3 minutes in, and Kentucky kept right on shooting.
From the sacbee.com
Knight finished 6 for 23 with 17 points, Doron Lamb had 13 on 5-for-10 shooting.
From the washingtontimes.com
A French knight, Robert of Clari, mentioned seeing it in 1203 in Constantinople.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The tradition of the brass ring goes back to Medevial Times and knight training.
From the ocregister.com
To his ire he remains, however, much criticised by fellow knight Sir VS Naipaul.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Alice Montacute was the daughter of Thomas Chaucer, an affluent merchant knight.
From the eadt.co.uk
Knight also set personal bests to take second place in the open men's under-90s.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
Knight gave the Wildcats hope with the last of his three treys for a 67-66 game.
From the thenewstribune.com
Knight determined this from captured-moth counts and reductions in fruit damage.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
- Raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
- A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
- A knight was a member of the warrior class of the Middle Ages in Europe who followed a code of law called "chivalry". In other Indo-European languages, cognates of cavalier or rider are more prevalent (e.g. ...
- Portrait of a Knight is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio. It is housed in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection of Madrid; it was put up for sale by heirs of the American collector Otto Kahn after his death and sold to Heinrich Thyssen in 1935.
- Warrior is a character class (or job) found in many role-playing games. This class may also be referred to as Fighter, as in Dungeons & Dragons. The class is sometimes also referred to as a Knight, although in some games this is a separate class with a more chivalric aspect. ...
- The knight is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight (armoured cavalry). It is normally represented by a horse's head and neck. Each player starts with two knights, which start on the rank closest to the player, one square from the corner. ...
- The Knight is the name of two fictional characters, they are comic book superheroes published by DC Comics.
- This is a list of alternate base character classes to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. As base classes rather than prestige classes, they can be taken by newly created characters without need for any prerequisites.
