1. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honoured by the sovereign for personal merit
   "Sir Ian McKellen is a knight"
    
2. (chess) a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
   "She captured her opponent's knight with her bishop";
   - horse

1. Raise (someone) to knighthood
   "The Beatles were knighted";
   - dub

Sounds like: knickers, nickight, n

Derived forms: knighted, knighting, knights

Type of: chess piece, chessman, ennoble, entitle, gentle [archaic], male aristocrat

Encyclopedia: Knight, Martin