English Dictionary

knight

/naɪt/

noun

(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.

The knight rode into battle with his loyal squire by his side.

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.

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(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.