knightn.
/nʌɪt/, U.S. /naɪt/ΘΚΠ
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knightc893
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knape childc1175
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groom?c1225
knight-bairnc1275
pagec1300
mana1382
swainc1386
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man-childa1438
boy1440
little boya1475
lad1535
boykin1540
tomboya1556
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loonc1560
kinchin-co(ve)1567
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suck-egg1609
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custrel1668
hospital-boy1677
whelp1710
laddie1721
charity-boy1723
pam-child1760
chappie1822
bo1825
boyo1835
wagling1837
shirttail boy1840
boysie1846
umfaan1852
nipper1859
yob1859
fellow-my-lad?1860
laddo1870
chokra1875
shegetz1885
spalpeen1891
spadger1899
bug1900
boychick1921
sonny boy1928
sonny1939
okie1943
lightie1946
outjie1961
oke1970
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. vii. §2 Philippus, þa he cniht wæs, wæs Thebanum to gisle geseald.
c925 Laws of Ine c. 7 §2 Tyn-wintre cniht mæg bion þiefðe gewita.
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John vi. 9 Is cnæht an her.
971 Blickl. Hom. 175 He wearþ færinga geong cniht & sona eft eald man.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > man or boy
knightc950
knapec1000
shalkOE
knaveOE
sergeantc1200
swainc1275
groom1297
garcion13..
ladc1300
harlota1350
serving-mana1400
manservant1409
varlet1483
handman1496
custrelinga1556
Sim Shakebuckler?1560
lackey-boy1575
vadelect1586
muchacho1591
round robin1591
varlettoa1616
vadelet1661
gossoon1684
skip1699
mozo1811
Jack1836
tea-boy1847
John1848
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xii. 45 Onginneð..slaa ða cnæhtas & ðiuwas.
a1000 Boeth. Metr. xxvi. 180 Cnihtas wurdon, ealde ge giunge, ealle forhwerfde to sumum diore.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 15 Þæs brydguman cnihtas.
c1250 Hymn Virgin 16 in Trin. Coll. Hom. App. 255 Swete leuedi, of me þu reowe & haue merci of þin knicht [cf. 22 ic am þi mon].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14790 Þus spac ure Drihten wið Austin his cnihten.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1671 Heo sende..to þare cnihtene [c1300 Otho cniþten] inne heo hahte hem faren here wæi.
3. With genitive, or possessive pronoun: A military servant or follower (of a king or some other specified superior); later, one devoted to the service of a lady as her attendant, or her champion in war or the tournament; hence also figurative, and even applied to a woman (quot. 1600).This is logically the direct predecessor of sense 4, the ‘king's knight’ having become the ‘knight’ par excellence, and a lady's knight being usually one of knightly rank.
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knighta1100
squirec1290
page?a1400
custrona1425
varlet1470
custrel1474
esquire1477
servitora1513
valet1591
stokaghea1599
calo1617
bedet1633
Tartar1747
batman1755
goujat1776
waiter1828
striker1867
beltman1869
doggy1909
dingbat1918
batwoman1941
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1087 Þa wæron innan þam castele Oda bisceopes cnihtas.
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1094 Rogger Peiteuin..& seofen hundred þes cynges cnihta mid him.
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 1179 That she wolde holde me for hir knyght, My lady that is so faire.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 328 I my self wille wyth you abyde, And be youre servante and youre knight.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 14 Syne thus he said, in presence of his men, ‘My knichtis kene [etc.]’.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 142 Beare this Ring to my true Knight . View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iii. 13 Pardon goddesse of the night, Those that slew thy virgin knight . View more context for this quotation
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 361 So Ladies in Romance assist their Knight, Present the Spear, and arm him for the Fight.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 194 In all your quarrels will I be your knight.
4. Name of an order or rank.
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a. In the Middle Ages: Originally (as in 3), A military servant of the king or other person of rank; a feudal tenant holding land from a superior on condition of serving in the field as a mounted and well-armed man. In the fully-developed feudal system: One raised to honourable military rank by the king or other qualified person, the distinction being usually conferred only upon one of noble birth who had served a regular apprenticeship (as page and squire) to the profession of arms, and thus being a regular step in this even for those of the highest rank.
b. In modern times (from the 16th cent.): One upon whom a certain rank, regarded as corresponding to that of the medieval knight, is conferred by the sovereign in recognition of personal merit, or as a reward for services rendered to the crown or country.The distinctive title of a knight (medieval or modern) is Sir prefixed to the name, as ‘Sir John Falstaff’: Knight (also abbreviated Knt. or Kt.) may be added, but this is now somewhat unusual. A knight who is not a member of any special order of knighthood (see Phrases 2a below) is properly a Knight Bachelor (see bachelor n. 1b). Various ceremonies have at different times been used in conferring the honour of knighthood, esp. that of the recipient kneeling while the sovereign touches his shoulder with the flat of a sword; knights of the higher orders are now frequently created by letters-patent. In point of rank the medieval knight was inferior to earl and baron; modern knights rank below baronets, and the dignity is not hereditary.In early use the knight, as the type of the military profession, was frequently contrasted with clerk, merchant, etc., and, in point of rank, with king. The characteristic qualities expected in a knight, as bravery, courtesy, and chivalrous conduct, are frequently alluded to, and the name (esp. with adjectives, as a good knight) often implied these qualities as well as the mere rank.
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knight1577
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Þænne wæron mid him ealle þa rice men..abbodas & eorlas, þegnas & cnihtas.
a1124 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Þes kinges stiward of France..& fela oðre godre cnihte.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1573 Moni chapmon, and moni cniht, Luveth and halt his wif ariht.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 11608 Þo turnde grimbaud pauncefot to sir edward anon & was imad kniȝt.
c1315 A. Davy Five Dreams 4 A kniȝth of mychel miȝth, His name is ihote sir Edward þe kyng.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 36 Hi..makeþ beggeres þe knyȝtes and þe heȝemen þet uolȝeþ þe tornemens.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 72 He was a verray perfit gentil knyght.
1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 All the Knythes and Esquiers and Yomen that had ledynge of men on his partie.
c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 92 Now we wyllen turne ayeyne to our knyghten gestes yn Irlande.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xv He was a passyng good knyght of a kynge, and but a yong man.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 22 There was slayne kynge Henrys sone and many other lordes and knyttes.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 114 Knights be not borne, neither is anie Man a Knight by succession.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 57 Alexr Leuingstoun knicht..is elected gouernour of the Realme.
1648 Art. Peace c. 7 The estates..of the lords, knights, gentlemen, and free~holders..of Connaught.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 149 We found the knight sitting on a couch, with his crutches by his side.
1800 S. T. Coleridge Recoll. Love iv She leaned against..The statue of the armed knight.
1818 Letters Patent in Nicholas Hist. Ord. Knighthood (1842) IV. 7 The said Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, shall..consist of Three Classes of Knights of the said Order.
c. More fully Knight of the Shire: A gentleman representing a shire or county in parliament; originally one of two of the rank of knight; with the abolition of almost all distinctive features of the county representation, the term has lost its distinctive meaning and is only used technically and in Historical use: cf. burgess n.1 1b. Formerly sometimes Knight of the Commonty or of Parliament.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > member of Parliament for a county
knight1399
shire-knight1399
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iv. 41 Thei must..mete togedir, Þe knyȝtis of þe comunete and carpe of the maters, With Citiseyns of shiris.
1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 110/2 All other that will be atte the assessyng of the wages of the Knyghtes of the Shire.
1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 132 b Sherifes must returne such persons knights of the parliament which be chosen by þe greater nombre of the freholders.
1544 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 11 The Knights of all and euery Shire..chosen for their assembly in the Kings high Court of Parliament.]
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Knights of the Shire,..otherwise bee called Knights of the Parliament, and be two Knights, or other Gentlemen of worth, that are chosen in Pleno Comitatu, by the Free~holders of euery County.
1648 W. Prynne Plea for Lords 8 The King..might call two Knights, Citizens and Burgesses to Parliament.
1648 W. Prynne Plea for Lords C j b There could be no Knights of Shires..to serve in Parliament.
1679 J. Evelyn Mem. 4 Feb. My Brother, Evelyn, was now chosen Knight for the County of Surrey.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋7 He served his Country as Knight of this Shire to his dying Day.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ii. 128 With regard to the elections of knights, citizens, and burgesses.
1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) iii. 47 The knights are to represent the ‘community of the counties’, the citizens and burgesses the ‘community of the towns’.
d. Name of an order or rank in the political association called the ‘Primrose League’.
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knight1885
1885 Primrose League 10 Obtain thirteen Signatures to the form of Declaration as Knights, or Dames.
1885 Primrose League 12 After having been a Member of the League for twelve months,..a Knight, as a special reward for meritorious service, may be elevated to the rank of Knight Companion.
1885 Primrose Rec. 17 Sept. 109 It is needless to say that they will induce as many as possible to enrol themselves as Knights, Dames, or Associates of the League.
e. knight in shining armour n. figurative (in informal or ironic use) a person regarded as a medieval knight in respect of his chivalrous spirit, especially towards women.
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knight in shining armour1965
1965 V. Canning Whip Hand xv. 188 A man..didn't have to be a knight in shining armour.
1967 M. Summerton Memory of Darkness x. 124 Most people regard him as a crank. I'm afraid, so far as Dilys is concerned, he makes a very ineffectual knight in shining armour.
1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race i. 8 I was one of the new knights in shining PVC armour. Come to rescue the lower-middle class maiden from the dragon of boredom.
1973 Ottawa Jrnl. 16 Aug. 1/6 ‘Throughout his whole brief, Mr. Cassidy has attempted to portray himself as a knight in shining armor but on close examination it portrays our whole judicial system as something less than perfect,’ said Chief Seguin.
a. Applied to personages of ancient history or mythology, viewed as holding a position or rank similar to that of the medieval knight. Obsolete.
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knightc1275
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 205 Assaracus wes god cniht [c1300 Otho cniþt] wið Grickes he heold moni fiht.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 283 Ðo wurð he drake ðat ear was knigt.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4185 Hardy Iulius, knyght war & wys.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xi. 48 Equicolie A lusty knycht in armis rycht semly.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ix. 25 And Iehu sayde vnto Bidekar the knyghte.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2740 Parys the pert knight, and his pure brother Comyn vnto courtte with company grete, Of thre thowsaund þro knightes.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 88 This Aiax..This blended knight halfe Troyan, and halfe Greeke. View more context for this quotation
b. frequently transl. Latin mīles, a common soldier.Miles was the regular medieval Latin equivalent of ‘knight’.
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knightc1175
soldiera1300
osteyoura1450
servitor?1570
marshalman1575
soldado1577
soldat1591
manat1610
camper1631
soldade1634
buff coata1670
swad1708
militaire1746
red herring1789
coolie1803
swaddy1819
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scarlet runnerc1864
guffy1882
leatherneck1890
pongo1890
hoster1892
swatty1901
file1903
squaddie1933
brown job1943
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8185 Hise cnihhtess alle imæn forþ ȝedenn..Wiþþ here wæpenn alle bun.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 27 Thanne kniȝtis of the president takynge Jhesu in the mote halle, gedriden to hym alle the cumpanye of kniȝtis.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19824 Cornelius..cald him tua men and a knight.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 14 b/2 He is delyverd to knyghtis for to be beten.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 77 That knycht quha peirsit our Lordis syde with the speir.
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a. Roman History (tr. Latin eques horseman). One of the class of equites, who originally formed the cavalry of the Roman army, and at a later period were a wealthy class of great political importance.
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jousterc1330
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reister1521
reiter1556
ruiter1579
hargulater1581
lancer1590
lance1602
rutar1610
dragon1620
dragoon1622
right-hand man1626
dragooner1639
leaguerer1639
deli1667
Light Dragoon1700
uhlan1753
sabre1836
parachutist1837
sabreur1845
yellow leg1857
spahi1863
horse-marine1878
uhlaner1886
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 210 Off Ryngis..Yat war off knychtis fyngeris tane He send thre bollis to Cartage.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 459 There were none at Rome vnder the degree of a knight or gentleman that carried rings on their fingers.
1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. ii. 79 The leader of the senate, the patron of the knights,..Pompeius.
b. Ancient Greek History (tr. Greek ἵππευς horseman). A citizen of the second class at Athens in the constitution of Solon, being one whose income amounted to 300 medimni.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > types of town- or city-dweller > in ancient times
hippian1615
knight1820
demot1847
1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 133 The Knights, or, The Demagogues.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xi. 37 The members of the second class were called knights, being accounted able to keep a war-horse.
1885 Stewart & Long Plutarch's Lives III. 498 The knights rode..in solemn procession to the temple of Zeus.
7. In games:† b. The knave in cards. Obsolete.
a. One of the pieces in the game of chess, now usually distinguished by the figure of a horse's head. knight's move (figurative): an indirect or devious move.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > devious ways or dealings > instance of
windlassa1569
by-stroke1679
knight's move1958
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxi. 71 The chekir or þe chesse hath viij poyntes in eche partie..þe knyȝt hath iij poyntes.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 43 The knyght ought to be made alle armed upon an hors in suche wyse that he haue an helme on his heed [etc.].
1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts i. sig. Aivv The knight hath his top cut asloope, as thoughe beynge dubbed knight.
1689 Young Statesmen vi, in Coll. Poems against Popery 8/2 So have I seen a King on Chess, (His Rooks and Knights withdrawn).
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Chess 39 The knight has a power of moving which is quite peculiar.
1958 P. Shore in N. Mackenzie Conviction 37 The favoured entrant moves, to quote the current jargon, by a series of ‘knight's moves’ over the management board.
1959 Listener Jan. 219/2 Mankind does move forward, even if it is often by the Knight's move.
1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 228 Any genuinely new trend is a knight's move, a change of shadows, a shift that displaces the mirror.
1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xviii. 168 We took a kind of Knight's move, one step forward and a jump to the side.
1972 W. P. McGivern Caprifoil (1973) ii. 37 You've made a knight's move in thought.
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knave1568
varlet1568
knight1585
noddy1611
Jack1674
Pam1898
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 294 b Playeng cards..Eques, the knight, knaue, or varlet.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > for raising or lowering yards > post containing
knight1495
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 200 Shyvers of brasse..in the Knyght of the fore castell.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Teste de More,..the Knights, a crooked peece of timber in the fore~castle of a ship.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 The Ramshead..to this belong the fore Knight, and the maine Knight, vpon the second Decke... They are two short thicke peeces of wood, commonly carued with the head of a man vpon them, in those are foure shiuers apeece, three for the halyards and one for the top rope to run in.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 345/2 The Knights belong to the Halyards.
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9. in plural. A boys' game.‘Two big boys take two smaller ones on their shoulders; the big boys act as horses, while the younger ones seated on their shoulders try to pull each other over’ (Alice Gomme Dict. Brit. Folk-lore 1894).
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P1. With adjective (before or after the noun). †knight adventurous = knight-errant n. knight caligate: see caligate adj. military (†naval, poor) knight of Windsor (see sense Phrases 2a).
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knight-errantc1400
knight adventurous1429
knight of adventurers1530
paladin1592
Palmerin1613
knight adventurera1640
erranta1643
preux chevalier1771
Galahad1854
1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 346/2 The said Chapelle [of St. George] was founded by the right noble and worthy Kyng Edward the Thridde syn the Conquest..upon a Wardein, Chanons, poure Knyghtes, and other Ministres.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 279/2 Knyghte awnterows (S. knyht a-ventowrs), tiro.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xviii Here am I redy, an auentures knyghte that wille fulfylle ony aduenture that ye wylle desyre.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 124 The thirteene chanons and six and twentie poore knights haue mantels of the order [of the garter].
1724 London Gaz. No. 6290/3 First went the Poor Knights.
P2. Followed by a genitive phrase.
a. Denoting a member of some order of knighthood, as Knight of the bath n.1, garter n., thistle n., etc. Knight of St. John, Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes = hospitaller n. 3 Knight of the Temple = Templar n. Knight of Windsor, one of a small number of military officers ( Military Knights of Windsor) who have pensions and apartments in Windsor Castle. (From 1797 to 1892 there were also Naval Knights of Windsor; cf. Phrases 1) †Also, jocularly, knight of the forked order: see forked adj. 4b; knight of the order of the fork, one who digs with a fork (cf. Phrases 3b).
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Knight of Windsor1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 236/2 Knight of the order of saynt Michaell.
1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 368v/1 Eke there be knights old of the Garter That in her time did right worthily.
1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters ii. sig. C2v Many of these nights will make me a Knight of Windsor.
1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 4 Some get their living by their..feet, as dancers, lackeyes, footmen, and weavers, and knights of the publicke or common order of the forke.
1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades (1876) 171 A poore Knights place of Windsor.
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2v You are Sr. A knight of Malta, and as I have heard, Have serv'd against the Turke.
1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 690/1 8 Persian Horses led by eight Knights of the Golden Sun.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4799/1 The Marquis de Suza..was lately Install'd Knight of the Order of St. Maurice.
1783 Royal Warrant in Nicholas Hist. Ord. Knighthood (1842) IV. 6 Letters Patent..for creating a Society or Brotherhood, to be called Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick.
1803 Naval Chron. 9 158 Seven Lieutenants of the Navy are to be installed Naval Knights of Windsor.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 113 The Knights of the Bath take oath to defend injured ladies.
b. Knights of Columbus, a society of Roman Catholic men founded at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882; Knights of Labour, an extensive association in the United States, embracing many of the Trade Unions; Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded at Washington in 1864 (Funk Stand. Dict.).
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society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > trade-union associations
trade union congress1860
Knights of Labour1886
Industrial Workers of the World1905
T.U.C.1910
Profintern1924
Histadrut1925
ACTU1928
WFTU1947
Sohyo1953
U.W.C.1974
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Knights of Columbus1886
1886 Harper's Weekly 3 Apr. 213/3 The order of the Knights of Labour was founded in 1869 by five workmen of Philadelphia.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lvi. 370 The enormous organization or league of trades unions known as the Knights of Labour.
1901 N.Y. Tribune 22 July 3/4 Wednesday the Knights of Columbus and Utah people will unite their forces; on Thursday another double-header.
1929 F. A. Pottle Stretchers (1930) iv. 66 Besides the enormous structures of the Y.M.C.A. and..Knights of Columbus,..the general public had provided at Merritt many other agencies of relaxation and amusement quite peculiar to the camp.
1948 Green Bay (Wisconsin) Press-Gaz. 12 July 16/7 Members of the Green Bay lodge Knights of Columbus were reminded today that the annual Fish Fry will be held at the Shorewood Country club next Tuesday.
1974 Listener 21 Nov. 683 The Knights of Columbus are associated with lodge meetings and bingo.
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a. Denoting a special set or class of knights (real or by courtesy).† knight of adventurers n. Obsolete = knight-errant n. † knight of arms n. Obsolete (see Phrases 1). † knight of the chamber n. Obsolete = knight of the carpet n. † knight of the community n. Obsolete = Knight of the Shire at sense 4c. † knight of the parliament n. Obsolete = Knight of the Shire at sense 4c. † Knight of the Shire n. Obsolete (see 4c.) † Knight of the Spur n. Obsolete a knight bachelor. † knight of the square flag n. Obsolete a banneret.
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knight-errantc1400
knight adventurous1429
knight of adventurers1530
paladin1592
Palmerin1613
knight adventurera1640
erranta1643
preux chevalier1771
Galahad1854
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 236/2 Knyght of adventures, cheualier errant.
Knight of Grace n. a knight of Malta, of a lower rank in the order.
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Knight of Grace1788
1788 Picturesque Tour thro' Europe 18 The Knights of Justice are alone eligible to the posts of Bailiffs, Grand Priors, and Grand Masters; the Knights of Grace are competent to all excepting these.
Knight of Justice n. a knight of Malta possessing full privileges.
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1788Knights of Justice [see Knight of Grace n.].
knight of the carpet n. (see carpet n. 2c.)
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1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vi. 120 Another person of some note..was Sir John Godsalve, created Knight of the Carpet at the King's coronation.
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1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Rrvb Knights of the Chamber..seem to be such Knights Batchelors as are made in time of Peace, because knighted commonly in the Kings Chamber.
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1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 132 b Sherifes must returne such persons knights of the parliament which be chosen by þe greater nombre of the freholders.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Knights of the Shire,..otherwise bee called Knights of the Parliament, and be two Knights, or other Gentlemen of worth, that are chosen in Pleno Comitatu, by the Free~holders of euery County.
Knight of the Round Table n. see Round Table n. Phrases 1.
Knight of the Rueful Countenance n. (see quot.).
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1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote i. xvi The champion that routed them is..the famous Don Quixote de la Mancha, otherwise called the Knight of the Rueful Countenance.
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1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 305 Knights of the Spurre, or those which generally are known by the name of Knights.
b. Forming various jocular (formerly often slang) phrases denoting one who is a member of a certain trade or profession, has a certain occupation or character, etc.In the majority of these the head of the postmodifying phrase is the name of some tool or article commonly used by or associated with the person designated, and the number of such phrases may be indefinitely increased. † knight of the blade n. Obsolete ‘a Hector or Bully’ (B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, a1700). † knight of the collar n. Obsolete one who has been hanged.† knight of the elbow n. Obsolete a cheating gambler.† knight of the field n. Obsolete a tramp.† knight of the grammar n. Obsolete a schoolmaster.† knight of industry n. (also knight of the industry) Obsolete a sharper or swindler (French chevalier d'industrie).† knight of the knife n. Obsolete a cutpurse. † knight of the vapour n. Obsolete a smoker.
knight of the brush n. a painter, an artist.
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painter-stainer1502
depaintera1522
picturer1581
pencil-man1589
brother of the brush1687
brushman1785
knight of the brush1885
1885 Longman's Mag. Nov. 78 A distinguished knight of the brush.
knight of the cleaver n. a butcher.
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field bishop1545
knight of the collarc1557
Haman1645
hangee1831
c1557 Enterlude of Youth (new ed.) sig. Bi Thou diddest ynoughe there For to be made knight of the colere.
knight of the cue n. a billiard-player.
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billiard-player1790
billiardist1865
cueist1870
pool shark1886
knight of the cue1887
pool shooter1896
1887 Graphic 15 Jan. 55/2 The ‘knights of the cue’ keep the balls a-rolling.
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1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 92 Sharpers are divided into Bullies and Knights of the Elbow.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp
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knight of the field1508
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Abraham man1567
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traveller1598
Tartar1602
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stroller1681
jockey1685
bird of passage1717
randy1724
tramper1760
stalko1804
vagabondager1813
rintherout1814
piker1838
pikey1838
beachcomber1840
roadster1851
vagabondizer1860
roustabout1862
bum1864
migratory1866
potter1867
sundowner1868
vag1868
walkabout1872
transient1877
Murrumbidgee whaler1878
rouster1882
run-the-hedge1882
whaler1883
shaughraun1884
heather-cat1886
hobo1889
tussocker1889
gay cat1893
overlander1898
stake-man1899
stiff1899
bindle-stiff1900
dingbat1902
stew-bum1902
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
skipper1925
Strandlooper1927
knight of the road1928
hobohemian1936
plain turkey1955
scrub turkey1955
derro1963
jakey1988
crusty1990
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 214 Because that Scotland of thy begging irkis, Thou scapis in France to be a knycht of the felde.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun]
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pedagoguea1387
pedanty1573
pedanta1586
dominiea1625
Khoja1625
schoolteachera1691
knight of the grammar1692
boy farmer1869
schoolkeeper1871
faki1872
professor1880
beak1888
schoolie1889
grade teacher1906
master teacher1931
chalk-and-talker1937
sir1955
teach1958
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. viii. 175 A Stipend, large enough for a Knight of the Grammar, or an Illustrious Critick on Horseback.
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defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
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fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
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shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > a sharper, swindler
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huckster1556
shifterc1562
coney-catcher1591
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
guller1602
gull-groper1602
poop-noddy1616
int1631
shirk1639
knight of industrya1658
hockettor1672
biter1680
sharper1681
duffer1735
sharp1797
diddler1803
chevalier of industry1807
flat-catcher1821
thimble-man1830
thimblerigger1831
thimblerig1839
riggerc1840
chevalier of fortune1867
flim-flammer1881
spiv1929
sharpie1942
shrewd1954
a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 475 Our Hacksters Errant, of the Round Table, Knights of Industry.
1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. iii. 43 Let me commend this ingenious Gentleman to your acquaintance; he is a Knight Of the Industry.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xcii. 288 Our hero being a professed enemy to all knights of industry [etc.].
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > cut-purse
cutpurse1362
purse-carverc1380
purse-cuttera1500
knight of the knife1631
tear-placketa1640
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. iii. 21 in Wks. II Is this..a knight of the knife?.. I meane..a cutpurse.
knight of the needle n. = knight of the thimble n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor
seamsterc995
tailor1297
parnterc1400
parmenterc1450
pricklouse?a1513
Tom Tailor1575
stitcher1589
scissor man1593
cutter1599
snip1600
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shred1616
needleman1621
fashioner1631
snip-snappera1632
sartor1656
nipshred1661
stult1675
cabbage1694
linen-armourer1699
stitch1699
snip-cabbage1708
tire-man1709
knight of the needlea1777
stay-tape1785
schneider1796
needle-jerker1801
skip-louse1807
darzi1809
cross-legs1823
tog-maker1901
knight of the shears-
a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) i. 24 The knights of the needle are another sort of people at our end of the town.
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knight of the shears n. = knight of the thimble n.
knight of the thimble n. a tailor.
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1812 Sporting Mag. 39 139 A gallant knight of the thimble.
knight of the pen n. a clerk or author.
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1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. xvi.454/2 Politics, the great bone of contention among the knights of the pen, are forbidden ground in the Literary Club.
knight of the pencil n. a bookmaker.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker
commission agent1798
flash-man1812
bookmaker1833
commissioner1851
ring man1857
metallician1861
street bookmaker1867
bookie1877
book1881
knight of the pencil1885
handbook man1894
street bookie1911
turf accountant1915
listman1922
1885 Punch 7 Mar. 109 The Knights of the Pencil, Sir, hold that backers, like pike, are more ravenous in keen weather, and consequently easier to land.
1927 Daily Express 11 June 7/3 We have mentioned the knights of the pencil. Bookmakers are not permitted to take up positions at will on racecourses under Greyhound Racing Association jurisdiction.
knight of the quill n. a writer, author.
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scrivenera1660
literatist1660
knight of the quill1692
belletrist1816
scriever1825
creative writer1854
penworker1876
1692 Gentleman's Jrnl. Mar. 2 I know some of your sturdy, tuff Knights of the Quill, your old Soakers at the Cabbaline Font.
knight of the pestle n. an apothecary.
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the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun]
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apothecary1366
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pigmentarya1398
pottingar1474
pottingary1487
pothecar?a1505
ypothecar1509
potycaryar1533
pharmacopole?1541
drugger1594
confectioner1606
druggist1608
drugster1611
pharmacopoeian1618
druggister1632
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chemica1642
pharmacopolist1651
pharmacopolitan1657
pharmacian1658
spicerer1665
pot-carrier1683
pharmacist1721
knight of the pestle1723
materialist1728
chemist and druggist1748
potter-carrier1764
drug man1769
gallipot1785
drug manufacturer1790
pharmaceutist1795
drug dealer1800
chemist1802
pharmaceutical chemist1821
essence-peddler1838
pill roller1843
pill-peddler1855
squirt1859
pill pusher1879
1723 Ess. Apothecary in Suppl. Dean Sw—t's Misc. 19 There being no Part of Mankind, that affords a greater Variety of uncommon Appearances, than the Knights of the Pestle.
knight of the road n. (a) a highwayman or (Australian) bushranger; = gentleman of the road at gentleman n. Phrases 6 (now historical); (b) a commercial traveller; (c) a tramp; (d) the driver of a lorry, taxicab, etc.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman
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malandryna1438
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highpad1567
highway robber1577
way-beatera1586
lance-man1589
high lawyer1591
St. Nicholas' clerk1598
outrider1599
bidstand1600
land-pirate1608
highwayman1617
pad1652
knight of the road1665
rum-padder1665
paddist1671
rum pad1688
pad-thief1690
gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700
snaffler1728
gentleman1778
scamp1782
scampsman1799
bandolero1832
ladrone1832
Spring-heeled Jack1838
road agent1840
agent1876
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller
rideout1752
rider1752
outrider1762
traveller1790
commercial traveller1807
bagman1808
town traveller1808
commis voyageur1825
roundman1827
drummer1828
travelling salesman1833
bag woman1845
commercial1861
fieldman1875
outride1879
roundsman1884
knight of the road1889
representative1918
sales representative1949
sales rep1959
rep1973
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp
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raikera1400
vacabond1404
vagrant1444
gangrela1450
briber?c1475
palliard1484
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rogue1489
wavenger1493
hermit1495
gaberlunzie1508
knight of the field1508
loiterer1530
straggler1530
runagate1534
ruffler1535
hedge-creeper1548
Abraham man1567
cursitor1567
runner1567
walker1567
tinker1575
traveller1598
Tartar1602
stravagant1606
wagand1614
Circumcellion1623
meechera1625
hedge-bird1631
gaberlunzie man1649
tramp1664
stroller1681
jockey1685
bird of passage1717
randy1724
tramper1760
stalko1804
vagabondager1813
rintherout1814
piker1838
pikey1838
beachcomber1840
roadster1851
vagabondizer1860
roustabout1862
bum1864
migratory1866
potter1867
sundowner1868
vag1868
walkabout1872
transient1877
Murrumbidgee whaler1878
rouster1882
run-the-hedge1882
whaler1883
shaughraun1884
heather-cat1886
hobo1889
tussocker1889
gay cat1893
overlander1898
stake-man1899
stiff1899
bindle-stiff1900
dingbat1902
stew-bum1902
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
skipper1925
Strandlooper1927
knight of the road1928
hobohemian1936
plain turkey1955
scrub turkey1955
derro1963
jakey1988
crusty1990
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. Ff3v An Oath, which every young Thief must observe..at his investation into the honour of one of the Knights of the Road.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Knight of the Road, the chief Highwayman best Mounted and Armed.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine in Fraser's Mag. July 103/2 [We] found ourselves regular knights of the road, before we knew where we were almost.
1889 J. Burnley Romance Mod. Industry 317 Customers used to come out miles upon summer evenings to meet the ‘knights of the road’,..and the old travellers on their part would spend two or three days with some of their clients.
1891 Braidwood Disp. 14 Jan. 2/5 The liberated bushranger..will revisit the scenes of some of his former exploits during his career as ‘knight of the road’.
1912 J. Bradshaw Highway Robbery under Arms (ed. 3) 7 The bushranger's song was called for immediately. The young knight of the road cleared his throat.
1928 Sunday Express 12 Feb. 11/4 Secrets of the Commercial Traveller's Bag. By John S. Banks, for twenty years a ‘Knight of the Road’.
1928 Daily Express 8 Aug. 3/5 If something of this spirit could be instilled into the regular ‘knights of the road’, if they could be inspired with some notion of the dignity of work and the shame of alms-taking.
1971 R. Reisner Graffiti vi. 82 Truck drivers are notorious for their..loudly expressed admiration for women. They are true knights of the road.
1974 L. Deighton Spy Story ii. 20 Finally some knight of the road deigned to do a Gloucester Road to Fulham.
1996 F. R. Prassel Great American Outlaw 40 The so-called knights of the road gained prominence during the Cromwellian Protectorate and were frequently pictured as disillusioned former royalist officers.
knight of the spigot n. a tapster or publican.
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vintnerc1430
alehouse-keeperc1440
ale-taker1454
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ale draper?1593
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tavern-keeper1611
beer-monger1622
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ordinary keeper1644
padrone1670
tap-lash?1680
ale-dame1694
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bar-keeper1712
publican1728
tavern-man1755
Boniface1795
knight of the spigot1821
licensed victualler1824
thermopolite1832
bar-keep1846
saloon-keeper1849
posadero1851
Wirt1858
bung1860
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patron1878
bar-tender1883
soda-jerker1883
bar steward1888
pub-keeper1913
the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > tapster or barmaid
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runner1601
skink1603
Hebe1606
Ganymede1608
squire of the gimlet1611
skinkard1615
bombard-man1616
bar-boy1631
faucet1631
tapstress1631
potman1652
barmaida1658
pot-boyc1662
tavern-drawer1709
tavern-boy1796
pot-girl1797
tap-boy1801
knight of the spigot1821
pewter-carrier1834
bartender1836
tap-waiter1836
barman1837
beer-boy1841
mixologist1856
bar-girl1857
mixer1858
gin slinger1871
swamper1907
tap-man1907
pot-woman1918
bar-staff1965
bar-person1976
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 206 When an old song comes across us merry old knights of the spiggot, it runs away with discretion.
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1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 5 Some [live] by smoake; as tobacconists, knights of the vapour, gentlemen of the whiffe, esquires of the pipe.
knight of the whip n. a coachman.
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1813 Examiner 8 Feb. 84/2 We cannot too often caution the Knights of the Whip against so dangerous..a practice.
knight of the wheel n. a cyclist.
knight of the whipping-post n. a sharper or other disreputable person. See also knight of the post n.
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1819 W. Scott Let. 4 Sept. (1933) V. 482 Black-legs and sharpers and all that numerous class whom..we [call] Knights of the whipping post.
Compounds
C1. General attributive and in other combinations.
a. With knight-.
knight-martyr n.
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1826 W. E. Andrews Exam. Fox's Cal. Protestant Saints 49 The condemnation of this..gentlewoman and knight-martyr.
b. With knight's, chiefly in names of plants.† knight's milfoil n. Obsolete a yellow-flowered variety of yarrow, Achillea millefolium.† knight's pondwort n. Obsolete Water-soldier, Stratiotes aloides.† knight's water-sengreen n. Obsolete† knight wort n. Obsolete † knight woundwort n. Obsolete = knight's pondwort n. See also knight's fee n., knight-service n.
knight's cross n. Scarlet Lychnis, L. chalcedonica.
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1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Knight's Cross, Lychnis.
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knight's milfoil1578
knight's pondwort1578
knight's water-sengreen1578
freshwater soldier1597
water soldier1640
water aloe1701
knight wort-
knight woundwort-
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > achillea
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knighten-milfoil1578
knighten-yarrow1578
knight's milfoil1578
white tansy1578
achillea1597
maudlin tansy1668
milfoil1789
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 The second is called..in English Knights Milfoyle: souldiers Yerrow, and yellow knighten Yerrow.
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sengreenc1000
knight's milfoil1578
knight's pondwort1578
knight's water-sengreen1578
freshwater soldier1597
water soldier1640
water aloe1701
knight wort-
knight woundwort-
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 Knights Pondeworte.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 The first is called..in English Knights worte, Knights wounde worte, or Knightes water woundworte, Knights Pondeworte, and of some Knights water Sengreene.
knight's star n. (also knight's-star lily) the amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > allied flowers
summer fool1597
winter daffodil1615
Jacobaea lily1752
African tulip1759
Jacobean lily1770
haemanthus1771
alstroemeria1775
snowflake1777
chandelier lily1818
hippeastrum1821
clivia1828
Vallota1837
sprekelia1840
Murray lily1847
knight's star1855
Natal lily1855
Loddon lily1882
Peruvian lily1883
spider lily1887
1855 Loudon's Encycl. Plants (new ed.) 1176 Knight's Star.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 590/2 The Knight's Star Lily, a genus..consisting of South American and West Indian bulbs, remarkable for their showy flowers.
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knight's milfoil1578
knight's pondwort1578
knight's water-sengreen1578
freshwater soldier1597
water soldier1640
water aloe1701
knight wort-
knight woundwort-
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 The first is called..in English Knights worte, Knights wounde worte, or Knightes water woundworte, Knights Pondeworte, and of some Knights water Sengreene.
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knighten court n. (also knights-court) see quot. 1701.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > feudal courts > other manorial, etc., courts
leet1292
view of frankpledge1495
court leet1588
customary court1628
leet-court1651
honour court1661
knighten court1701
suit court1755
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Aaa2va Knighten-Court, Is a Court-Baron or Honor-Court, held twice a Year under the Bishop of Hereford at his Palace there; wherein those who are Lords of Manours, and their Tenants..are Suiters.
knighten-guild n. a guild of knights.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > gild of
knighten-guildc1050
c1050 Charter Edw. Confessor in Cal. Letterbks., Guildhall London (1891) III. 218 Mine men on Angioce cnihte gilde [read mine men on Englisce cnihte gilde.]
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 426 King Edgar established here without Aldgate a Knightengield or Confrery, for thirteene knights or souldiers.
knighten-milfoil n. = knight's milfoil n. at Compounds 1b.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > achillea
maudlin1548
knighten-milfoil1578
knighten-yarrow1578
knight's milfoil1578
white tansy1578
achillea1597
maudlin tansy1668
milfoil1789
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 The other with the thousand leaues, called Knighten Mylfoile.
knightenspence n. some local rate.
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1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 390 That then he pay taske tallage, knyghtenspence, wacches, and other charges.
knightenway n. a military road.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xix. cxxix. (Add. MS.) lf. 332 Agger is an huple of stones or a tokene in þe hihe way and histories clepiþ such a wey knyȝweye [L. viam militarem].
knighten-yarrow n. = knight's milfoil n. at Compounds 1b.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > achillea
maudlin1548
knighten-milfoil1578
knighten-yarrow1578
knight's milfoil1578
white tansy1578
achillea1597
maudlin tansy1668
milfoil1789
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 Yellow knighten Yerrow.
C2. Followed by an appositive noun. See also bachelor n. 1b, banneret n. 1c, commander n. 4, companion n.1 4, harbinger n. 2, hospitaller n. 3, Templar n.† knight adventurer n. Obsolete = knight-errant n.† knight baronet n. Obsolete = baronet n.† knight brother n. Obsolete a brother in a society or order of knights.† knight wager n. Obsolete a mercenary soldier.
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the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior > knightly hero
knight-errantc1400
knight adventurous1429
knight of adventurers1530
paladin1592
Palmerin1613
knight adventurera1640
erranta1643
preux chevalier1771
Galahad1854
a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover ii. ii. 13 in 3 New Playes (1655) Knights adventurers are allow'd Their Pages.
a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange v, in Wks. (1873) III. 547 With Knights adventurers I went in quest.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > position of commander in an order > baronet
banneret1297
baronet1614
knight baronet1632
Bar1720
1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) iii. ii. v. v. 584 A gentlemans daughter and heire must be married to a Knight Baronets eldest sonne at least.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Knight Baronet, a Combination of Title, in regard the Baronetship is generally accompany'd with that of the Knighthood; but the latter was made a distinct Order by K. James I... These Baronets were to have Precedency..before all ordinary Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath, and Knights Batchelors.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > member of order
knight brother1687
chevalier1728
legionary1802
1687 London Gaz. No. 2251/3 That Order [of the Thistle], consisting of the Sovereign and Twelve Knights Brethren.
knight marshal n. †(a) a military officer, acting as a quartermaster; often used to render classical Latin tribunus militum (obsolete); (b) an officer in the royal household, with judicial functions (now historical); cf. marshalsea n. 3; also figurative.The office was abolished in 1846.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > marshal of King's house
marshal of the King's (also Queen's) house (also household)1433
marshalc1478
knight marshal1556
marshal1617
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > military tribune
knight marshal1556
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xxiii. 9–10 The marciall [L. tribunus] fearyng lest that Paul [etc.].]
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 65 Edmund Boner beynge prisoner in the Marchelse..the knyght marchalle takynge away hys bedde..because he wolde not geve the knyght marchall x li.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1594) 518 That God would make him [sc. Satan] Knight Marshall ouer the world, to slay and kill as many as he hated.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F2 The Knight Marshals men, that nayle vp Mandates at the Court gate.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 116 Being a colonell and knight marshal of the campe [L. tribunus militum ab exercitu].
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas at Knight Knight Martiall..Tribunus militum, mariscallus.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. at Tribune The other was called Tribune of the Souldiers, who had charge to see them well armed and ordered, being as the Knight Marshall is with vs.
1641 P. Heylyn Ἡρωολογια Anglorvm 305 Antiently they that had this office were only Marshals of the Kings house, according as the same is now discharged to the Knights Marshall.
1697 London Gaz. No. 3341/2 The Messengers of the Chamber and Knight-Mareschalls Men attending the Proceeding in their proper Stations.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3807/1 First a Troop of Horse-Granadiers, Knight Marshal's Men, Kettle-Drum.
1713 London Gaz. No. 5135/3 His Excellency was receiv'd at the Palace Gate by Sir Phillip Meadows, Knight-Marshal.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 76 King Charles I in the sixth year of his reign by his letters patent erected a new court of record..to be held before the steward of the household and knight marshal, and the steward of the court.
1991 C. Lycett Green Perfect Eng. Country House (BNC) Sir William Pickering was Knight Marshal to Henry VIII.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > mercenary
wagerc1420
knight wager1513
mercenary1523
lance-knight1530
suddart1542
hireling1547
adventurer1548
venturer1572
lansquenet1577
warmonger1590
mercenarian1598
passe-volant1617
provantman1659
soldier of fortune1661
privateer1676
routier1683
bravo1761
stipendiary1768
free companion1804
freelance1819
free-rider1821
freelancer1854
merchant of death1934
merc1967
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. i. [ i. xii.] 12 Quhat Marmidon.. Or knycht wageor to cruell Vlixes.
C3. † knight-bairn n. Obsolete a male child.† knight-cross n. Obsolete = knight's cross n. at Compounds 1b.† knight-money n. Obsolete = knighthood-money n. at knighthood n. Compounds.† knight-weed n. Obsolete the dress of a knight.† knight-wered n. Obsolete a band of warriors.† knight-wife n. Obsolete a female knight or warrior.
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the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]
knightc893
knapec1000
knaveOE
knape childc1175
knave-childa1225
groom?c1225
knight-bairnc1275
pagec1300
mana1382
swainc1386
knave-bairna1400
little mana1425
man-childa1438
boy1440
little boya1475
lad1535
boykin1540
tomboya1556
urchin1556
loonc1560
kinchin-co(ve)1567
big boy1572
dandiprat1582
pricket1582
boy child1584
callant1597
suck-egg1609
nacketc1618
custrel1668
hospital-boy1677
whelp1710
laddie1721
charity-boy1723
pam-child1760
chappie1822
bo1825
boyo1835
wagling1837
shirttail boy1840
boysie1846
umfaan1852
nipper1859
yob1859
fellow-my-lad?1860
laddo1870
chokra1875
shegetz1885
spalpeen1891
spadger1899
bug1900
boychick1921
sonny boy1928
sonny1939
okie1943
lightie1946
outjie1961
oke1970
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7748 Ȝif mon funde..æuer æi cniht bærn [c1300 Otho cnaue child] þe næuere fæder no ibæd.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > campions and catchflies
rose campion1530
jagged pink1574
cuckoo-gilliflower1578
flower Constantinople1578
marsh gilliflower1578
wild William1578
crow-flower1597
gardener's delight1597
nonsuch1597
cuckoo-flower1629
fair maid of France1629
meadow pink1660
Bristol Non-such1668
flower of Bristol1672
knight-cross1725
ragged robin1731
fair maid of Kent1813
flower of Jove1840
mullein pink1840
fire pink1848
sticky catchfly1908
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Jerusalem-Cross, called by some the Knight, or Scarlet Cross.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for refusing to be knighted
knighting-money1641
knight-money1643
knighthood-moneyc1670
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 31 Knight-mony, Ship-mony, with sundry other unlawfull Taxes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > other
knight-weed1340
servile habita1425
bolster1552
yeomanry1597
court-dress1797
1340–70 Alisaunder 544 Hee cast of his Knightweede, & cloþes hym neew.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun]
trumec893
wic897
ferredc1200
knight-weredc1275
preyc1300
legion?1316
companyc1325
punyec1330
virtuec1350
fellowshipc1380
knightheada1382
knighthooda1382
strengtha1382
sop?a1400
strengh?a1400
tropelc1425
armyc1450
framec1450
preparing1497
armourya1500
cohortc1500
cohortationc1500
cateran?a1513
venlin1541
troop1545
guidon1560
crew1570
preparation1573
esquadron1579
bodya1616
armada1654
expedition1693
armament1698
host1807
war-party1921
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13359 Al þa cniht-weorede. fluen an heore steden.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > knight > female
knight-wife1483
knightess1693
1483 Cath. Angl. 205/2 A knyghte wyffe, militissa.
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knightv.
/nʌɪt/, U.S. /naɪt/ transitive. To dub or create (one) a knight.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)] > invest with rank or title > dub (a knight)
dub1085
knighta1300
adub?1473
knightify1682
beknight1794
accolade1843
a1300 K. Horn 492 Hit nere noȝt forlorn For to kniȝte child Horn.
a1300 K. Horn 644 Nu is þi wile iȝolde, King, þat þu me kniȝti woldest.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 103 And crist king of kinges kniȝtide [v.r. knyhtide] tene, Cherubin and Seraphin [etc.].
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1236/1 This man..was knighted by the king.
1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 192 This Drone yet neuer braue attempt that dar'd, Yet dares be knighted.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 299. ¶2 I was Knighted in the thirty fifth Year of my Age.
1876 J. Saunders Lion in Path xii Sir Richard Constable had been knighted by King James.
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ˈknighted adj.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [adjective] > invested with knighthood
ydubbed1340
dubbed1552
knighted1656
accoladed1863
1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. iv. 101 That his Isabel and Mortimer was now compleated by a Knighted Poet.
1896 J. H. Wylie Hist. Eng. Henry IV III. 321 The flood of knighted names in the lists of fighting men.
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