knights

Meanings

Noun

• originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
• a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
• plural of knight

Verb

• raise (someone) to knighthood
• third-person singular simple present indicative of knight

Synonyms

dub, horse, knight