Knight
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.
