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- DictionaryKnight/nīt/
noun
- 1. (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
- 2. (in the UK) a man awarded a nonhereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific “Sir” in front of his name.
verb
- 1. invest (someone) with the title of knight: "he was knighted for his services to industry"