∙ A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
∙ Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
∙ 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. chess
∙ A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. card games, dated
Verb
∙ To confer knighthood upon. transitive
∙ To promote (a pawn) to a knight. chess, transitive
Knight
Proper noun
∙ An English status surname for someone who was a mounted soldier.