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The answer KNIGHT has 192 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of knight in various dictionaries:
noun - originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry
noun - a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse
verb - raise (someone) to knighthood
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| One next to a bishop |
| Dub |
| Bishop's neighbor |
| Caballero |
| Dungeons & Dragons figure |
| Jumping piece |
| One who's dubbed |
| White____ (corporate rescuer) |
| Dragon fighter |
| Joust competitor |
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| Of the chess pieces each player has only 2 of, the one that fits the category |
| "The Dark_____and Day" |
| The first to tell a tale is this medieval fighting man, & it's one to remember |
| Originally one got a smack on the back of the neck, not a tap with a sword, when being dubbed this |
| In "Alanna: The First Adventure", a young girl takes her twin brother's place & trains to be one of these medieval soldiers |
| Vow,knightor grail |
| Chivalrous chesspiece (6) |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| (in the UK) a man awarded a non-hereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific Sir in front of his name. |
| (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour. |
| a chessman in the shape of a horse's head can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) |
| raise (someone) to knighthood |
| 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 medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire. |
| A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder. |
| To raise (a person) to knighthood. |
| Games A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square. |
| The devoted champion of a lady. |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Knight, UTAH, UNITED STATES |
| Knight, Victoria, AUSTRALIA |
| Knight, NEVADA, UNITED STATES |
| Knight, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES |
| Knight, VIRGIN ISLANDS, UNITED STATES |
| Knight description |
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| A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity. Historically, in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter, a bodyguard or a mercenary for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback.* Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially the joust) from its origins in the 12th century until its final flowering as a fashion among the high nobility in the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century. This linkage is reflected in the etymology of chi |