knight /nīt/

1. A man who has been awarded the rank immediately below baronet, with the title ‘Sir’
2. In the Middle Ages, a man who performed mounted military service for his lord in exchange for land
3. In feudal times, a gentleman, bred to arms, admitted to a certain honourable military rank
4. A man devoted to the service of a lady, her champion
5. A member of the equestrian order in ancient Rome
6. In chess, any of four pieces, two on each side, usu shaped like a horse's head, that can move one square forward, backward, or to either side, and one diagonally
7. Formerly used in jocular titles of various professions, as in knight of the shears a tailor, and knight of the whip a coachman

To make a knight

knightˈage noun

Knights collectively

knightˈhood noun

1. The rank, title or status of knight
2. The order or fraternity of knights

knightˈless adjective (Spenser)

Unbecoming to a knight

knightˈliness noun

knightˈly adjective

1. Like a knight
2. Befitting a knight
3. Chivalrous
4. Of a knight or knights

In the manner of a knight

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

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