| knight | |
| 1. n. A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages. | |
| King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | |
| 2. n. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. | |
| 3. n. Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch. | |
| 4. n. (chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces. | |
| 5. n. (card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. | |
| 6. v. To confer knighthood upon. | |
| The king knighted the young squire. | |
| 7. v. (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight. | |
