I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knight errant
white knight
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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While not particularly welcome, the black knight is considered the lesser of two evils.
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A black knight appeared, as though out of profound shadow, on the surface of the ultimately narrow board.
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Karpov expertly perceives that his bishop is worth less than the Black knight which has future perspectives on both d4 and f4.
medieval
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There was a vaguely medieval theme: knights and ladies, fools and brigands.
white
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It seems more logical to reposition the White knight with 24 d2.
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If anyone has been set up to be the white knight in the Democratic Party fund-raising debacle, it is Sen.
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Prudential Corporation slipped 3.5p to 195.5p on worries that it could emerge as Pearl's white knight .
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There were white knights and poison pills, Pac-Man defences and unbundling.
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Hartwell had handed his birthright on a silver salver to the rescuing white knight .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A black knight appeared, as though out of profound shadow, on the surface of the ultimately narrow board.
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Besides, away from their home base, knights were useless on their own.
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He sent waggon-loads of treasure and a great entourage of knights to Saragossa with requests for a formal reconciliation.
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Henry I's knights at Tinchebrai in 1106 also dismounted, owing to the nature of the battlefield.
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My sister has enough knights strewn across history to re-enact Agincourt.
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Once he brought another famous theatrical knight on the pillion.
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Pete lifted his knight but changed his mind and put it back on the board.
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They dream of a great castle called Camelot and a round table that could seat 150 knights.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He gave her stolen jewels and she knighted him.
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He was knighted by Cromwell in 1657 and was buried 20 August 1659.
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He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1930 and brigadier in 1933, and he was knighted in 1937.
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In 1596 Crosse was a vice-admiral at the capture of Cadiz, where he was knighted.
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That regulator, James McKinnon, was knighted on 1 January and kicked in the teeth on 15 January.
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The castle was built by the first Lord Scrope who fought at Crecy and was knighted for his efforts.