knight

  1. Proper noun.  An English status surname for someone who was a mounted soldier.
  2. Noun.  A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
  3. Noun.  Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
  4. Noun.  (chess) 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.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
  6. Verb.  (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

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