Knight

·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.