English Dictionary

knight

IPA（発音記号）

/naɪt/

名詞

歴史的 広義 現代英語 文語 古風

(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord. / (historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

日本語の意味

中世における「騎士」とは、領主に仕えた若い従者・従軍者を指し、軍事訓練を経た上で名誉ある軍務に従事した下位貴族という意味を持ちます

The knight, barely older than a boy, carried his lord's messages and polished his armor, serving as a devoted attendant.

その小姓は、少年と言っていいほど若く、領主の伝言を運び、鎧を磨いて忠実な従者として仕えていた。

意味（1）

(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.

意味（2）

(historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

意味（3）

(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

意味（4）

(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

意味（5）

(literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.

意味（6）

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

意味（7）

(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

意味（8）

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.

意味（9）

(modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.

knights （ plural ）