| 1. medieval warrior; man who holds an honorary nonhereditary rank; chess piece shaped like a horse's head. make a man a knight, give a man an honorary nonhereditary rank (in Britain and other countries). knightknight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. knighted; p. pr. & vb. n. knighting.] to dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in england by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: rise, sir ---. a soldier, by the honor-giving hand of c ur-de-lion knighted in the field.knight knight , n. [oe. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, as. cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to d. & g. knecht servant; perh. akin to e. kin.] |