knight

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

knight [knight knights knighted knighting] noun, verb BrE [naɪt] NAmE [naɪt]
noun
1. (in the Middle Ages) a man of high social rank who had a duty to fight for his king. Knights are often shown in pictures riding horses and wearing ↑armour.
see also ↑black knight, ↑white knight
2. (in Britain) a man who has been given a special honour by the king or queen and has the title Sir before his name
compare ↑baronet
3. a piece used in the game of ↑chess that is shaped like a horse's head

Word Origin:
Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense 2 dates from the mid 16th cent.

Example Bank:
•She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour/armor to come and rescue her.
•tales of medieval knights errant, wandering in search of chivalrous adventures
Idiom: ↑knight in shining armour
 
verb usually passive ~ sb
to give sb the rank and title of a ↑knight
•He was knighted by the Queen for his services to industry.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense 2 dates from the mid 16th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  horse, dub