KNIGHT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cniht man-at-arms, boy, servant; akin to Old High German kneht youth, military follower Date: before 12th century 1. a. a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior, a man honored by a sovereign for merit and in Great Britain ranking below a baronet, a person of antiquity equal to a ~ in rank, a man devoted to the service of a lady as her attendant or champion, a member of an order or society, either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to make an L-shaped move of two squares in one row and one square in a perpendicular row over squares that may be occupied, II. transitive verb Date: 13th century to make a ~ of