| Knight 1. (n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant. 2. (n.) 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. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover. 5. (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head. 6. (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. 7. (v. t.) 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 ---. Thesaurus Entries Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, advance, aggrandize, bachelor, banneret, baronet, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bishop, blade, bravo, brawler, broncobuster, buckaroo, bully, bullyboy, caballero, castle, cavalier, cavalryman, chessman, chevalier, circus rider, combatant, companion, competitor, contender, contestant, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher, disputant, duelist, elevate, enforcer, ennoble, equestrian, equestrienne, exalt, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, gallant, gamecock, gaucho, gladiator, goon, gorilla, graduate, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, jouster, kick upstairs, king, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant, man, militant, mounted policeman, pass, pawn, piece, plug-ugly, postboy, postilion, prefer, promote, puncher, quarreler, queen, raise, rider, rioter, rival, rook, rough, roughrider, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, steeplechaser, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, trick rider, tussler, up, upgrade, vaquero, wrangler |