knight

/naɪt/ noun [C]

Definition

SOLDIER › a man of high social rank who fought as a soldier on a horse in the past

MAN WITH TITLE › a man who has been given the title 'Sir' by the King or Queen in the UK

(Definition of knight noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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