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knight    音标拼音: [n'ɑɪt]
n. 骑士,爵士,武士
vt. 授以爵位

骑士,爵士,武士授以爵位

knight
n 1: 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 shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move
two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
[synonym: {knight}, {horse}]
v 1: raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
[synonym: {knight}, {dub}]

Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS.
cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower;
akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
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2.
(a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback
and admitted to a certain military rank with special
ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless
life.
(b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him
to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my
true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be
your knight." --Tennyson.
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Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. --Shak.
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Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a
knight is not hereditary.
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3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
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4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave
or jack. [Obs.]
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{Carpet knight}. See under {Carpet}.

{Knight of industry}. See {Chevalier d'industrie}, under
{Chevalier}.

{Knight of Malta}, {Knight of Rhodes}, {Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem}. See {Hospitaler}.

{Knight of the post}, one who gained his living by giving
false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. --Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth
he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence." --Nash.

{Knight of the shire}, in England, one of the representatives
of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the
representatives of cities and boroughs.

{Knights commanders}, {Knights grand cross}, different
classes of the Order of the Bath. See under {Bath}, and
{Companion}.

{Knights of labor}, a secret organization whose professed
purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]

{Knights of Pythias}, a secret order, founded in Washington,
D. C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.

{Knights of the Round Table}, knights belonging to an order
which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted
by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain
solemn days. --Brande & C.
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Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knighting}.]
To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the
sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword,
saying: Rise, Sir ---.
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A soldier, by the honor-giving hand
Of C[oe]ur-de-Lion knighted in the field. --Shak.
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121 Moby Thesaurus words for "knight":
Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad,
advance, aggrandize, bachelor, banneret, baronet, battler,
belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bishop, blade, bravo,
brawler, broncobuster, buckaroo, bully, bullyboy, caballero,
castle, cavalier, cavalryman, chessman, chevalier, circus rider,
combatant, companion, competitor, contender, contestant, cowboy,
cowgirl, cowpuncher, disputant, duelist, elevate, enforcer,
ennoble, equestrian, equestrienne, exalt, fencer, feuder, fighter,
fighting cock, foilsman, gallant, gamecock, gaucho, gladiator,
goon, gorilla, graduate, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan,
horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman,
jockey, jouster, kick upstairs, king, knight bachelor,
knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant, man, militant,
mounted policeman, pass, pawn, piece, plug-ugly, postboy,
postilion, prefer, promote, puncher, quarreler, queen, raise,
rider, rioter, rival, rook, rough, roughrider, rowdy, ruffian,
sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, steeplechaser, strong arm,
strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword,
swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, trick rider, tussler,
up, upgrade, vaquero, wrangler



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  • KNIGHT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of KNIGHT is a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior; especially : a man ceremonially inducted into special military rank usually after completing service as page and squire
  • Knight | History, Orders, Facts | Britannica
    Knight, now a title of honor bestowed for a variety of services, but originally in the European Middle Ages a formally professed cavalryman The first medieval knights were professional cavalry warriors, some of whom were vassals holding lands as fiefs from the lords in whose armies they served
  • Medieval Knight - World History Encyclopedia
    Requirements to become a knight included an aristocratic birth, training from childhood, money for weapons, horses and squires, and a knowledge of the rules of chivalry
  • KNIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    a man given a rank of honour by a head of state in some countries because of his special achievements In the UK and some Commonwealth countries, he has the right to use the title "Sir": He is expected to be made a knight for his work at the Bank of England
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  • Knight - definition of knight by The Free Dictionary
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  • Definition: Knight - New World Encyclopedia
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    一套屬於骑士的 盔甲 近世骑士 骑士 (英語: Knight[1];法語: Chevalier),是 欧洲 中世纪 最低階的貴族階層。 骑士頭銜來自 領主 的冊封,騎士除了能獲得自己的 封地 之外,也必須為所效忠的领主作戰,戰時須自备武器與马匹。
  • Knight - Wikipedia
    The specific military sense of a knight as a mounted warrior in the heavy cavalry emerges only in the Hundred Years' War The verb "to knight" (to make someone a knight) appears around 1300; and, from the same time, the word "knighthood" shifted from "adolescence" to "rank or dignity of a knight"





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