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knight

Definition

  • noun: a soldier in the past who had a high social rank and who fought while riding a horse and usually wearing armor
  • noun: a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior
  • verb: to give (a man) the rank of a knight
  • verb: to make a knight of
  • synonyms: champion, partisan, lover

Examples

  • The firefighter who rescued us was our 'knight in shining armor'.

  • He is to be 'knighted' by the Queen for his career as an actor.

  • She is still waiting for her 'knight in shining armor'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Have you been reading newspapers? - Have you been reading anything? - Books. Good. What sort of books? Adventure books, mainly. You know, knights in shining armour, exploring strange lands and stuff, and silly princesses always getting in the way. Ah! Well, this is why I'm here to help. (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas