KNIGHT

noun a champion; a partisan; a lover.

2. knight ·noun a young servant or follower; a military attendant.

3. knight ·noun a playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

4. knight ·noun a piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

5. knight ·vt 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 ---.

6. knight ·noun 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. knight ·noun 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.