Definition
- (noun) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
- (noun) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
- (noun) (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”
- (noun) (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
- (noun) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
- (noun) 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.
- (noun) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
- (noun) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
- (noun) (modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the fungal order gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.
- (verb) To confer knighthood upon. “The king knighted the young squire.”
- (verb) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
Word stats
- Knights contains 7 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
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Words starting with KNI
- knickers
- knickknack
- knickknacks
- knife
- knifed
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- knighted
- knighthood
- knighthoods
- knighting
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- knit
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What does Knights mean?
A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
How many letters are in Knights?
Knights has 7 letters.
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