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Definition: Knight |
KnightNoun1. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit. 2. A chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa). Verb1. Raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted". 2. Invest with knighthood; make of knight of. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knight" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Satire | KNIGHT, n. Once a warrior gentle of birth, Then a person of civic worth, Now a fellow to move our mirth. Warrior, person, and fellow -- no more: We must knight our dogs to get any lower. Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be, Noble Knights of the Golden Flea, Knights of the Order of St. Steboy, Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy. God speed the day when this knighting fad Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Knight means simply a boy. (Saxon, cniht.) As boys (like the Latin puer and French garcon) were used as servants, so cniht came to mean a servant. Those who served the feudal kings bore arms, and persons admitted to this privilege were the king's knights; as this distinction was limited to men of family, the word became a title of honour next to the nobility. In modern Latin, a knight is termed auratus (golden), from the gilt spurs which he used to wear. Last of the knights. Maximilian I. of Germany (1459, 1493-1519). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Although the roots of the word knight are most likely connected to the German knecht, or servant, the ideas of knighthood are arguably more closely tied to the Roman equites.
During the middle ages, the term knight referred to a mounted and armoured soldier. Originally, knights were warriors on horse-back, but the title became increasingly connected to nobility and social status, most likely because of the cost of equipping oneself in the cavalry. Knighthood eventually became a formal title bestowed on those noblemen trained for active war duty.
In theory, knighthood could be bestowed on a man by any knight, but it was generally considered honorable to be dubbed knight by the hand of a monarch. By about the late 13th century, partly in conjunction with the focus on courtly behavior, a code of conduct and uniformity of dress for knights began to evolve. Knights were eligible to wear a white belt and golden spurs as signs of their status. Moreover, knights were also often required to swear allegiance to a liege lord.
A knight was to follow a strict set of rules of conduct. These were the knightly virtues. (Original knights had few of these qualities. When the church deemed knights too bloodthirsty and unruly, they intervened and began stressing the importance of virtues until the church became an integrated part of knighthood and chivalry.) The virtues included:
These virtues became more idealized as time went on. Changes in military tactics, such as the successful use of the longbow against the French cavalry in the battles of Crécy and Agincourt lessened the importance of the cavalry. (However, the true end of the knight was brought about by the use of gunpowder and guns.) In times of peace throughout the later Middle Ages and as late as the end of the 16th century, the role of the knight was promoted and extolled through highly stylized tournaments that bore little resemblance to the bloody warfare in which the "typical knight" had once participated. (Early tournaments were actually very similar to war. They originally included many participants battling each other at once in a chaotic mock war, though they later evolved to the popular, one-on-one jousting we all know.)
- Mercy (Towards the poor and oppressed. They were supposed to be harsh with evil-doers.)
- Humility
- Honor
- Sacrifice
- Fear of God
- Faithfulness
- Courage
- Utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies
When even the tournaments went out of fashion, knighthood became less and less tied to warfare, and increasingly indicated social status.
Knighthoods are still issued in:
Presumably there are other monarchies that also follow the practice. Modern knighthoods are typically awarded in recognition for services rendered to society, services which are no longer necessarily martial in nature. The musician Elton John, for example, is entitled to call himself Sir Elton. The female equivalent is a Dame.
- The United Kingdom (see British honours system) and some Commonwealth countries.
- The Netherlands. The Dutch equivalent word is ridder, e.g., in Ridder in de Orde van Oranje–Nassau
- Denmark - Dannebrogordenen (Order of Dannebrog)
- Malaysia - Datuk
- The Holy See (see [1]).
Accompanying the title is the given name, and optionally the surname. But can never be the surname and the title alone.
See also:
- Camelot
- cavalry
- chivalry
- crusade
- Matter of Britain
- paladin
- Round Table
A knight is also a piece in chess; see knight (chess).
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The knight is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight (armoured soldier) and often depicted as a horse's head. Each player starts with two knights on his home rank. In algebraic notation the white knights start on b1 and g1, while the black knights start on b8 and g8.
The knight move is unusual among chess pieces. It plays and captures alternately on White and Black squares; each move may be described as stepping one square horizontally or vertically and then one square diagonally away from the direction of the original square.
See the diagram to the left for the eight legal moves of a centralized knight. Unlike other chess pieces, the knight ignores any pieces in the path of its move, "jumping" directly to the destination square. Like most other pieces, it captures an enemy piece on its destination square.
Most pieces are more powerful if placed near the center of the board, but this is particularly true for a knight. A knight on the edge of the board attacks only four squares, and a knight in the corner only two. Moreover, it takes more moves for a decentralized knight to switch operation to the opposite side of the board than a decentralized bishop, rook, or queen. For this reason the phrase, "A knight on the rim is grim" (others say "A knight on the rim is dim")was coined.
The knight is the only piece that can move at the beginning of the game before any pawn move has been made. Because of the above reasons, in most situations, the best square for the initial move of each knight is towards the center. Knights are usually brought into play slightly sooner than bishops, and much sooner than the rooks and the queen.
Note that the knight is the only piece that can be in position to attack a queen without being in the queen's line of attack. It is also not attacked by a king, bishop, or rook which it attacks. These features make the knight especially well-suited for executing a fork.
A knight is approximately equal in strength and value to a bishop. The latter's range is larger but the knight has the advantage of being able to reach any square of the board regardless of color. Since the knight is capable of jumping over obstructing pieces, it is considered to be more valuable earlier in the game when the board is more crowded. Also a crowded board provides more opportunity for the knight to execute forks. Towards the endgame, when the board becomes less crowded by pieces, the knight's value is diminished relative to the bishop.
Enemy pawns are very effective at harassing knights, because a pawn attacking a knight is not itself attacked by the knight. For this reason, a knight is most effective when placed in a "hole" in the enemy position, i.e. a square which can't be attacked by enemy pawns. In the diagram at right, white's knight on d5 is very powerful, more powerful than black's bishop on g7.
See also: Knight's Tour
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Knight is a town located in Iron County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 284.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 246.3 km² (95.1 mi²). 243.7 km² (94.1 mi²) of it is land and 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.05% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 284 people, 122 households, and 81 families residing in the town. The population density is 1.2/km² (3.0/mi²). There are 235 housing units at an average density of 1.0/km² (2.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.94% White, 0.00% African American, 0.70% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.35% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 122 households out of which 23.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% are married couples living together, 11.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% are non-families. 29.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 18.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.33 and the average family size is 2.86. In the town the population is spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $32,969, and the median income for a family is $37,857. Males have a median income of $22,292 versus $26,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,278. 7.3% of the population and 2.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.4% are under the age of 18 and 7.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knight, Wisconsin."
Synonyms: KnightSynonyms: horse (n), dub (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deviation | Obliquely, sideling, like the move of the knight on a chessboard. |
Fop | Noun: fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat; exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man; fribble, milliner; Jemmy Jessamy, carpet knight; masher, dude. |
Madman | Dreamer; rhapsodist, seer, highflier, enthusiast, fanatic, fanatico; exalte; knight errant, Don Quixote. |
Master | Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon. |
Nobility | King; (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave. |
Party | Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar; Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK; Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs; |
Petitioner | Pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty); hippie, flower child; hard core unemployed; welfare client, welfare case. |
Philanthropy | Philanthropist, endaemonist, utilitarian, Benthamite, socialist, communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world, amicus humani generis; knight errant; patriot. |
Chivalry, knight errantry; generosity. | |
Possession | Noun: possession, seizin, seisin; ownership; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality, dependency; villenage, villeinage; socage, chivalry, knight service. |
Sensualist | Noun: Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine; hedonist; tragalist. |
Servility | Sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter; snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank; flatterer; doer of dirty work; ame damnee, tool; reptile; slave; (servant); courtier; beat, dead beat, doughface , heeler, homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler. |
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Screenplays | He's a grand knight in the Knights of Columbus, and he only goes out to play faro (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward) You're my knight in shining armor (On Golden Pond; writing credit: Ernest Thompson.) You are indeed brave, sir knight, but the fight is mine (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if the man I love needs rescuing and I just let him walk out my door (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa) What a wonderful day to become a knight. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) | |
Lyrics | This ring will help me yet as will you knight in shining armor (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Knight in shining armor (All 4 Love; performing artist: Color Me Badd) All I wanted was a white knight (This Kiss; performing artist: Faith Hill) And the White Knight is talking backwards (White Rabbit; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) Jack Knight and Dakoda House (Touch It; performing artist: Monifah) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Blue Knight (1973) Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) The Drinking Knight (1971) A Balmy Knight (1966) Knight Work (1962) | |
Song Titles | False Knight On The Road (performing artist: Steeleye Span - Prior/Hart) | |
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 | Cabin on Knight Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Entrance to Metlakatla Bay, Knight Island. In: Pacific Coast Pilot Alaska Part I 1883. P. 28. Library call number VK943 .N3 1883. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Agricultural Research Service ecologists Charlie Cooper (left) and Scott Knight sample bottom sediments in Thighman Lake, Mississippi, for small invertebrates that indicate ecosystem health. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Aringhieri, Knight of Rhodes (Malta). / Pinturicchio. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Ship's Medical Officers and Paymaster, circa late 1864 or early 1865. Those present are (as numbered on the print): 1. Acting Assistant Surgeon James T. Field, 2. Acting Assistant Paymaster Alexander W. Pearson, 3. George Lawrence, 4. Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby, 5. Assistant Surgeon James S. Knight, 6. Fleet Surgeon Ninian Pinkney, 7. Assistant Surgeon Michael Bradley. Credit: NAVY. |  | Pulls alongside USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) for refueling, during operations in the Atlantic, February 1979. Photographed by PH2 Alexander and PH3 Kent from on board the Iwo Jima. CH-46 "Sea Knight" helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) are parked in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |
 | The Ohio Recreation Tower Co., C.H. Knight inventor, 606 Columbia Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | John Knight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Jack Knight. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Knight of the Cumberland reined in before the blight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Knight" by Piexec Staff Commentary: "Knight." | "Noble knight before fight" by Radek Siechowicz Commentary: "Noble knight before fight." |
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Charles II | For its merit I will knight it, and then it will be Sir-Loin. |
Miguel de Cervantes | The famous Don Quixote de la Mancha, otherwise called The Knight of the Woeful Figure. |
Sir P. Sidney | A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | No constable shall compel any knight to give money in lieu of castle-guard, when he is willing to perform it in his own person, or (if he himself cannot do it from any reasonable cause) then by another responsible man. (reference) |
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Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | This time it was a White Knight. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Made a sirloin a knight. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | If ever he was impelled to cast sin from him and to repent the impulse that moved him was the wish to be her knight. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal. |
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| "Knight" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.64% of the time. "Knight" is used about 1,027 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55.64% | 571 | 11,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 44.36% | 456 | 12,822 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,027 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "knight" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Knight | Last name | 60,000 | 155 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Knight Trading Group Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "knight": carpet knight ♦ dub a knight ♦ Hablot Knight Browne ♦ knight bachelor ♦ knight banneret ♦ Knight baronet ♦ knight errant ♦ knight errantry ♦ knight hood ♦ Knight marshal ♦ knight of fortune ♦ Knight of industry ♦ Knight of Malta ♦ Knight of Rhodes ♦ Knight of St John of Jerusalem ♦ knight of the brush ♦ knight of the pen ♦ Knight of the post ♦ knight of the road ♦ Knight of the shire ♦ knight of the square flag ♦ Knight service ♦ knight templar ♦ Lance knight ♦ like the move of the knight on a chessboard ♦ Mc Knight ♦ the knight of the rueful countenance ♦ Tom Knight ♦ white knight. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "knight": knight-bachelor, knight-deputy, knight-editor, knight-errant, Knight-errantries, Knight-errantry, Knight-errants, Knight-er-ratic, knight-in-shining-armour, Knight-ridder, knight-service. | |
Ending with "knight": Gilliam-knight. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
knight | 2,289 | victoria knight | 269 |
knight rider | 1,618 | knight picture | 256 |
keisha knight pulliam | 765 | knight of the round table | 244 |
knight of columbus | 761 | holland and knight | 234 |
jedi knight | 731 | 2 cheat jedi knight | 227 |
knight inn | 688 | black knight | 200 |
knight templar | 663 | jedi knight ii | 199 |
mage knight | 600 | 2 jedi knight through walk | 191 |
jedi knight 2 | 516 | spunky knight | 190 |
knight tale | 469 | keshia knight pulliam | 180 |
crystal knight | 457 | dragon knight | 176 |
knight of the old republic | 441 | knight ridder | 172 |
medieval knight | 434 | blue knight | 170 |
suge knight | 418 | dark knight | 160 |
magic knight rayearth | 404 | gabriel knight | 149 |
gladys knight | 394 | knight luana | 143 |
jordan knight | 340 | knight of malta | 136 |
star war knight of the old republic | 330 | sir gawain and the green knight | 124 |
shanghai knight | 297 | forever knight | 122 |
charlotte knight | 295 | knight action park | 120 |
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| Language | Translations for "knight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kalorës (cavalier, cavalryman, dragoon, equestrian, galloper, horse, horseman, rider, sowar, trooper), kalë (buck, equine, gee, Hackney, horse, nag, Steed, vaulting horse), fisnik (aristocrat, blue-blooded, gallant, generous, gent, gentle, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gently born, grand, great, high minded, knightly, lofty, moral, nobiliary, noble, nobleman, patrician). (various references) | |
Arabic | فارس (cavalier, equestrian, horseman, mounted, pricker, rider, trooper), منح رتبة نبيل, الفرس. (various references) | |
Basque | jaun. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рицар (cavalier), конник (cavalier, equestrian, horseman, rider), кон (bronco, charger, equine, horse, vaulting horse), кавалер на орден (companion), посвещавам в рицарство, давам титлата рицар на. (various references) | |
Catalan | cavaller (cavalier). (various references) | |
Chinese | 骑士, 爵士 (Sir), 士 (scholar, warrior). (various references) | |
Czech | kùò (Bronco, horse, vaulting horse), rytíř (cavalier, Chevalier), jezdec (cavalryman, equestrian, horseman, rider). (various references) | |
Danish | white knight (white knight), overtagende selskab (black knight), initiativtagende selskab (black knight), hvid ridder (white knight). (various references) | |
Dutch | ridder (cavalier), paard (cavalier, horse). (various references) | |
Esperanto | Gralkavaliro (Grail Knight). (various references) | |
Farsi | نجیب زاده (Aristocrat, Magnate, Nobleman, Patrician, Wellborn), قهرمان (Champ, Champion, Hero, Victor), سلحشور (Rink, Squire, Warrior), شوالیه (Cavalier), دلاور (Brave, Gallant, Hero, Warrior), بمقام سلحشوری ودلاوری ترفیع دادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | ritari, ratsu (charger, mount, steed), aateloida (ennoble, raise to the nobility). (various references) | |
French | chevalier. (various references) | |
German | ritter (cavalier, chevalier, Galahad, swallowtail), pferd (horse, vaulting horse). (various references) | |
Greek | ιππότησ (cavalier, paladin, thane, thegn), ιππότης, άλογο σκάκιου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להעניק תואר אביר (accolade, dub), פרש (gendarme, horseman, rider), אביר (cavalier, courageous, gallant, noble, nobleman, stallion, strong). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lovag (baronet, beau, beaux, cavalier, Chevalier). (various references) | |
Indonesian | satria, bahadur (bold, courageous, hero). (various references) | |
Italian | cavaliere (caballero, cavalier, cavalryman, equestrian, escort, horseman, partner). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 騎士 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ナイト (night), きし (bank, banner, coast, emblem, ensign, exposing a corpse in the city, flag, last child, saving from the brink of death, shogi player, shore, sixth of the sexagenary cycle, term of respect in addressing ladies or anothers older sister, your columns, your honored paper, your journal, your magazine, your paper), けいま, けい (about, approximately, beheading, group, incline, lean, light, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, punishment, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, time, toward, whip). (various references) | |
Korean | 기사 (Article, articles, Operant). (various references) | |
Manx | reejerey (cavalier, chevalier, king, paladin), krink (nobleman), jannoo reejerey, cright. (various references) | |
Norwegian | ridder. (various references) | |
Occitan | chivalièr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ightknay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cavaleiro (cavalier, chevalier, rider). (various references) | |
Romanian | face cavaler, cavaler (admirer, bachelor, beau, cavalier, escort, gallant, generous, gentleman, horseman, paladin, squire), cal (gee, gee-gee, horse, Steed). (various references) | |
Russian | рыцарь (bachelor). (various references) | |
Scottish | ridir (a knight). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | konj (equine, hippo, horse, pacer, stalking horse, steed, troop-horse, vaulting horse), vitez (chevalier), učiniti vitezom, riter. (various references) | |
Spanish | caballero (cavalier, cavalryman, Chevalier, doberman, gent, gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr., rider, Sir, sportsman). (various references) | |
Swedish | riddare (cavalier, Chevalier, companion), springare (courser, courses, Steed), adla (annoble, ennoble, raise to the peerage). (various references) | |
Thai | แต่งตั้งอัศวิน, อัศวิน, หมากรุกตัวม้า. (various references) | |
Turkish | kendini adayan kimse, silâhşör (Chevalier, musketeer, swordsman), şövalye nişanı vermek, şövalye (paladin), at (equine, gee, gee-gee, hack, horse, Steed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | лицар, благородна людина, посвящати в лицарі. (various references) | |
Welsh | marchog (horseman, rider). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | eques, equestris, equitem, equites, equitibus, equitis, equitum, equitumque, miles, miles militis, militem, militene, milites, militi, militibus, militum. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | cavalliere. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "knight": knighted, knighthood, knighthoods, knighting, knightliness, knightlinesses, knightly, knights. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "knight": beknight, weeknight. (additional references) | |
Words containing "knight": beknighted, beknighting, beknights, weeknights. (additional references) | |
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"Knight" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Conaghty, inight, Kingshott, Kinte, kknight, Knecht, kniaht, kniph, knite, knoght, knught, Knyght, kongit, neight, Niget, nighty, Nighy, nihat, niht, Nkoghe, Nyeht, rnight. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "knight" (pronounced nī"t) |
| 3 | n ī" t | ignite, dunite, night, nite, overnight, reignite, reunite, tonight. |
| 2 | -ī" t | alight, alright, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, contrite, delight, despite, disinvite, excite, fight, flight, forthright, fright, height, hight, incite, indict, indite, invite, kite, Kyte, light, lite, might, mite, nonwhite, outright, overexcite, overwrite, plight, polite, quite, recite, reinvite, rewrite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, spite, sprite, tight, trite, upright, uptight, white, Wight, Wright, write. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-k-n-t" | |
-1 letter: night, thing, think. | |
-2 letters: gink, hint, king, kith, knit, nigh, thin, ting. | |
-3 letters: ghi, gin, git, hin, hit, ink, khi, kin, kit, nit, nth, tin. | |
-4 letters: hi, in, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-k-n-t" | |
+1 letter: kithing, knights, kything. | |
+2 letters: beknight, knighted, knightly, thacking, thanking, thinking, thunking. | |
+3 letters: beknights, knighting, kvetching, nighthawk, sketching, skintight, thinkings, thwacking, weeknight. | |
+4 letters: beknighted, bethanking, bethinking, groupthink, knighthood, mythmaking, nighthawks, nightstick, rethinking, thickening, thinkingly, unthinking, weeknights. | |
+5 letters: beknighting, checkmating, groupthinks, hitchhiking, huckstering, knighthoods, matchmaking, misthinking, mythmakings, nightsticks, nightwalker, nonthinking, outthanking, outthinking, resketching, thickenings, tomahawking, watchmaking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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