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Definitions for Knights

[1] a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
[2] (in Europe in the Middle Ages) a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct.
[3] any person of a rank similar to that of the medieval knight.
[4] a man upon whom the nonhereditary dignity of knighthood is conferred by a sovereign because of personal merit or for services rendered to the country. In Great Britain he holds the rank next below that of a baronet, and the title Sir is prefixed to the Christian name, as in Sir John Smith.
[5] a member of any order or association that designates its members as knights.
[6] Chess . a piece shaped like a horse's head, moved one square vertically and then two squares horizontally or one square horizontally and two squares vertically.
[7] Nautical . a short vertical timber having on its head a sheave through which running rigging is rove. any other fitting or erection bearing such a sheave.
[8] to dub or make (a man) a knight.
[9] a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
[10] Dame Laura. 1887–1970, British painter, noted for her paintings of Gypsies, the ballet, and the circus
[11] (in medieval Europe) (originally) a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier (later) a gentleman invested by a king or other lord with the military and social standing of this rank
[12] (in modern times) a person invested by a sovereign with a nonhereditary rank and dignity usually in recognition of personal services, achievements, etc. A British knight bears the title Sir placed before his name, as in Sir Winston Churchill
[13] a chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves either two squares horizontally and one square vertically or one square horizontally and two squares vertically
[14] a heroic champion of a lady or of a cause or principle
[15] a member of the Roman class of the equites
[16] (tr) to make (a person) a knight; dub

Words related to Knights

knightgallant, paladin, champion, banneret, chevalier, partisan, cavalier, gentleman, companion, protagonist, lover, horseman, man-at-arms, templar, caballero

Words nearby Knights

knightknife-edged, knife-point, knifeman, knifepoint, kniferest, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight errant, knight errantry, knight in shining armor

Origin of Knights

before 900; Middle English; Old English cniht boy, manservant; cognate with German, Dutch knecht servant

Words that may be confused with Knights

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, knightknight, night

Other words from Knights

knight·less , adjective
un·knight·ed , adjective

Word origin for Knights

Old English cniht servant; related to Old High German kneht boy

Synonyms for Knights

banneret, cavalier, champion, chevalier, companion, gallant, gentleman, horseman, lover, man-at-arms, paladin, partisan, protagonist, templar, caballero, knight errant