knight : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- ale-knight
- Carpet knight
- hablot knight browne
- knight bachelor
- knight banneret
- knight baro-net
- knight errantry
- knight marshal
- Knight of industry
Knight of Malta ,Knight of Rhodes ,Knight of St. John of Jerusalem - Knight of the post
- knight of the round table
- Knight of the shire
- knight of the square flag
- knight service
- knight templar
- knight's service
- knight-er-ratic
- knight-errant
- knight-errantry
Knights commanders ,Knights grand cross - Knights of labor
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of the Round Table
- Lance knight
- white knight
ale-knight
Ale"-knight` noun
Definitions
A pot companion. Obs.
Webster 1913
Carpet knight
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noun a knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle)
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(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak.(b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service.
Webster 1913
hablot knight browne
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noun English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
Phiz; Browne.
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knight bachelor
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noun a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon
bachelor-at-arms; bachelor.
WordNet
Knight" bach"e*lor
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A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor , 4.
Webster 1913
knight banneret
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noun a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
knight banneret; banneret.
WordNet
Knight" ban"ner*et
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A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.
Webster 1913
knight baro-net
Knight" bar"o-net
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See Baronet .
Webster 1913
knight errantry
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noun quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
quixotism.
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noun (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry
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knight marshal
Knight" mar"shal
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(Eng. Law) An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
Webster 1913
Knight of industry
- . See
Chevalier d'industrie , underChevalier .
Webster 1913
Knight of Malta , Knight of Rhodes , Knight of St. John of Jerusalem
- . See
Hospitaler .
Webster 1913
Knight of the post
- one who gained his living by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper in general. Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence." Nash.
Webster 1913
knight of the round table
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noun in the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court
WordNet
Knight of the shire
- in England, one of the representatives of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs.
Webster 1913
knight of the square flag
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noun a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
knight banneret; banneret.
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knight service
Knight" serv"ice
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(Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry , n., 4.
Webster 1913
knight templar
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noun a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States
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noun a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher
Templar.
WordNet
Knight" Tem"plar
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Definitions
See Commandery , n., 3, and alsoTemplar , n., 1 and 3.
Webster 1913
knight's service
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noun land tenure by service to the lord as a knight
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knight-er-ratic
Knight"-er-rat"ic adjective
Definitions
Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. R. Quart. Rev.
Webster 1913
knight-errant
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noun a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure
WordNet
Knight"-er`rant noun
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A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
Webster 1913
knight-errantry
Knight"-er`rant*ry noun
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The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.
Webster 1913
Knights commanders , Knights grand cross
- different classes of the Order of the Bath. See under
Bath , andCompanion .
Webster 1913
Knights of labor
- a secret organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their employers. U. S.
Webster 1913
Knights of Pythias
- a secret order, founded in Washington, d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.
Webster 1913
Knights of the Round Table
- knights belonging to an order which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn days.
Webster 1913
Lance knight
- a lansquenet. B. Jonson.
Webster 1913
white knight
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noun a company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover