knight
noun [C] /naɪt/Definition
› a man given a rank of honour by a British king or queen because of his special achievements, and who has the right to be called 'Sir', or (in the past) a man of high social position trained to fight as a soldier on a horse: He hopes to be made a knight for his work at the Bank of England. knights in black armourRoyalty, aristocracy and titles › in the game of chess, a piece in the shape of a horse's head that moves two squares in one direction and then one square at an angle of 90°Chess
(Definition of knight noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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