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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] champion; a partisan; a lover. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) 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 - -. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] young servant or follower; a military attendant. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 13 October 2021
Knight [1]
(1): ( n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.
(2): ( n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
(3): ( v. t.) 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 - -.
(4): ( n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(5): ( n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
(6): ( n.) 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.
(7): ( n.) 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.
