Knights

/naɪts/ noun verb

A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.

Definition

  1. (noun) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
  2. (noun) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
  3. (noun) (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”
  4. (noun) (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
  5. (noun) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
  6. (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.
  7. (noun) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
  8. (noun) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.
  9. (noun) (modern) A generic name for various mushrooms belonging to the fungal order gilled mushrooms; scientific name Tricholoma.
  10. (verb) To confer knighthood upon. “The king knighted the young squire.”
  11. (verb) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

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  • 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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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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