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Added 9 October 2026

knight

/ˈnaɪ̯t/ noun

In Latin: eques, mīles, mīlitāris Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about knight at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

verb

To confer knighthood upon.
The king knighted the young squire.
To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Origin

From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

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