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What (who) is knight - definition

PERSON GRANTED AN HONORARY TITLE BY A MONARCH OR OTHER POLITICAL LEADER
Knighthood; Knights; Knighted; Hereditary knighthood; Nobilitate; Knighthood, Orders of; Arma dare; Knighthoods; Knigthood; Knight-at-arms; Knight at arms; Knt; Knyght; Knyghts; Knights in popular culture; Knight miles; Knightship; Hereditary knight
  • A modern artistic rendition of a chevalière of the Late Middle Ages
  • [[Pippo Spano]], the member of the [[Order of the Dragon]]
  • Chronicles]]'' depicting the [[Battle of Montiel]] (Castilian Civil War, in the [[Hundred Years' War]])
  • A Norman knight slaying [[Harold Godwinson]] ([[Bayeux tapestry]], c. 1070). The rank of knight developed in the 12th century from the mounted warriors of the 10th and 11th centuries.
  • A battle of the ''[[Reconquista]]'' from the ''[[Cantigas de Santa Maria]]''
  • Tournament]] from the ''[[Codex Manesse]]'', depicting the mêlée
  • The English fighting the French knights at the [[Battle of Crécy]] in 1346
  • [[David I of Scotland]] knighting a squire
  • Elements of a harness of the late style of [[Gothic plate armour]] that was a popular style in the mid 15th to early 16th century (depiction made in the 18th century)
  • The [[Battle of Pavia]] in 1525. [[Landsknecht]] mercenaries with [[arquebus]].
  • Hungarian knights routing Ottoman spahi cavalry during the [[Battle of Mohács]] in 1526
  • The ''[[miles Christianus]]'' allegory (mid-13th century), showing a knight armed with [[virtue]]s and facing the [[vice]]s in mortal combat.
  • [[Fortified house]] – a [[family seat]] of a knight ([[Schloss Hart]] by the Harter Graben near [[Kindberg]], Austria)
  • Late painting of [[Stibor of Stiboricz]]
  • Tomb effigy of [[William Marshal]] in [[Temple Church]], London
  • Page from ''[[King René's Tournament Book]]'' (BnF Ms Fr 2695)

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·noun A champion; a partisan; a lover.
II. Knight ·noun A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
III. Knight ·noun A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
IV. Knight ·noun A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
V. 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 ---.
VI. 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.
VII. 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.
knight         
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1. (in the Middle Ages) a man raised to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire.
(also knight of the shire) historical a gentleman representing a shire or county in Parliament.
literary a man devoted to a cause or the service of a woman.
2. (in the UK) a man awarded a non-hereditary title by the sovereign and entitled to use the honorific 'Sir' in front of his name.
3. a chess piece, typically shaped like a horse's head, that moves by jumping to the opposite corner of a rectangle two squares by three.
4. (in ancient Rome) a member of the class of equites.
5. (in ancient Greece) a citizen of the second class in Athens, called hippeus in Greek.
¦ verb invest with the title of knight.
Phrases
knight in shining armour (or knight on a white charger) an idealized chivalrous man.
knight of the road informal a man who frequents the roads, e.g. a salesman, tramp, or (formerly) a highwayman.
Derivatives
knightliness noun
knightly adjective
Origin
OE cniht 'boy, youth, servant', of W. Gmc origin.

Wikipedia

Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Greek hippeis and hoplite (ἱππεῖς) and Roman eques and centurion of classical antiquity.

In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially the joust) from its origins in the 12th century until its final flowering as a fashion among the high nobility in the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century. This linkage is reflected in the etymology of chivalry, cavalier and related terms. In that sense, the special prestige accorded to mounted warriors in Christendom finds a parallel in the furusiyya in the Islamic world. The Crusades brought various military orders of knights to the forefront of defending Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.

In the Late Middle Ages, new methods of warfare began to render classical knights in armour obsolete, but the titles remained in many countries. Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I is often referred to as the "last knight" in this regard. The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature, particularly the literary cycles known as the Matter of France, relating to the legendary companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the Matter of Britain, relating to the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Today, a number of orders of knighthood continue to exist in Christian Churches, as well as in several historically Christian countries and their former territories, such as the Roman Catholic Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Protestant Order of Saint John, as well as the English Order of the Garter, the Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim, the Spanish Order of Santiago, and the Norwegian Order of St. Olav. There are also dynastic orders like the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of the British Empire and the Order of St. George. In modern times these are orders centered around charity and civic service, and are no longer military orders. Each of these orders has its own criteria for eligibility, but knighthood is generally granted by a head of state, monarch, or prelate to selected persons to recognise some meritorious achievement, as in the British honours system, often for service to the Church or country. The modern female equivalent in the English language is Dame. Knighthoods and damehoods are traditionally regarded as being one of the most prestigious awards people can obtain.

Examples of use of knight
1. Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is 65.
2. Although Knight Vinke holds a modest stake, Mr Knight has co–ordinated investor opposition.
3. Hasselhoff‘s Knight was a modern–day ‘knight‘ fighting crime with the help of his advanced smart car with artificial intelligence.
4. Relatives of B.I.G. have accused Knight of involvement in that slaying, but police have never named Knight as a suspect.
5. The hero of Knight Rider was named Michael Knight and he would be driving a talking car.