knight bachelor noun (pl knights bachelors or knights bachelor)

A knight belonging to no special order of knighthood (the lowest form of knight in rank and earliest in origin)

knight banneret noun (pl knights bannerets)

A knight who carried a banner and who was superior in rank to the knight bachelor

knight errant noun (pl knights errant)

1. A knight who travelled in search of adventures
2. A man or boy who behaves adventurously or chivalrously

knight errantry noun

knighthood-errˈant noun (Tennyson)

The body of knights errant

knight marshal noun

Formerly an officer who had jurisdiction over offences within twelve miles of the monarch's abode

Knight of St John or Knight of Malta noun

A hospitaller (qv under hospital)

knight of the road noun (facetious)

1. A highwayman (obsolete)
2. A commercial traveller
3. A lorry driver
4. A tramp

knight of the shire noun

A member of parliament for a county district

knight service noun

Tenure of land by a knight on condition of military service

knight's fee noun

A holding of land for which knight service was required

Knights of Labor plural noun (US)

A secret 19c organization for workers

knight's progress noun

In chess, a series of moves in which a knight may visit every square on the board

Knights Templar see Templar

bachelor /bachˈəl-ər/

noun

1. An unmarried man
2. One who has taken his or her first degree at a university
3. A young knight who follows the banner of another, as too young to display his own (historical)
4. A young unmated bull-seal or other male animal

bach or batch noun (Aust or NZ inf)

A bachelor

intransitive verb (or transitive verb with it)

1. To live as a bachelor
2. To do for oneself

bachˈelordom or bachˈelorhood noun

bachelorette' noun (N American)

An unmarried woman

bachˈelorism noun

The habit or condition of a bachelor

bachˈelorship noun

The degree of bachelor

bachelorette party noun (N American)

A hen party

bachelor flat or (slang) pad noun

A flat or other residence for an unmarried person

bachelor girl noun

A young unmarried woman who supports herself

Bachelor of Arts noun

1. A university or college degree conferred upon a student who has successfully completed an undergraduate course in the arts or humanities
2. A man or woman who has received such a degree (abbrev BA)

Bachelor of Science noun

1. A university or college degree conferred upon a student who has successfully completed an undergraduate course in the sciences or social sciences
2. A man or woman who has received such a degree (abbrev BSc)

bachelor party noun (N American)

A stag party

bachelor's-buttˈons noun

1. A double-flowered yellow or white buttercup
2. Also applied to double feverfew, species of Centaurea, and many other plants

bachelor's wife noun

An ideal woman with none of the shortcomings of married men's wives

knight-bachelor see knight