Definition of "knight"
- noun
A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
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.
- verb
To confer knighthood upon.
To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
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