knight

1. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry;
   Today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit (synset 110258072)
   hypernym: male aristocrat - a man who is an aristocrat
   hyponym:

   • carpet knight - a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
   • bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelor - a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
   • banneret, knight banneret, knight of the square flag - a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
   • knight of the round table - in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court
   • knight-errant - a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure
   • knight templar, templar - a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher
   instance hyponym: geraint, sir geraint - (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table
2. A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse;
   Can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) (synset 103629976)
   domain category: chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
   hypernym: chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
   synonym: horse

1. Raise (someone) to knighthood (synset 202404327)
   "The Beatles were knighted"
   hypernym: ennoble, entitle, gentle - give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
   synonym: dub

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing