Alternative spelling of knight in shining armor

(idiomatic) A person who will rescue a dangerous situation; a hero.

plural of king's knight's pawn

(chess) A knight's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the g-file.

(chess) A knight's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the b-file.

plural of queen's knight's pawn

plural of knightship

The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight. / Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.

(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.

A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.