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| | [[Image:13thcentury knight ilustration.png|thumb|a knight (warrior)]] | | [[Image:13thcentury knight ilustration.png|thumb|a knight (warrior)]] |
| | [[Image:Chess knight 0971.jpg|thumb|a knight (chess)]] | | [[Image:Chess knight 0971.jpg|thumb|a knight (chess)]] |
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| − | ===Etymology=== | |
| − | {{etyl|enm}} {{term|kniht|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|cniht|lang=ang}}, {{term|cneoht|lang=ang}} 'boy, retainer', from {{proto|Germanic|knehtaz}} (cf. Dutch {{term|knecht|lang=nl}} 'attendant, servant', German {{term|Knecht|lang=de}} 'lad; slave'), originally 'billet (wood), block of wood' (compare Dutch laarze{{term|laarzeknecht|knecht|lang=nl}} 'boot-jack', German dialect {{term|Knüchtel|lang=de}} 'bat, club'), from {{proto|Indo-European|gnegʰ-}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|title=|gen-}} 'to ball up, pinch, compress'. | |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
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| | * {{homophones|night|nite}} | | * {{homophones|night|nite}} |
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| − | ===Noun=== | + | ===Etymology 1=== |
| | + | From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|knight|lang=enm}}, {{term|kniht|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|cniht|lang=ang}}, {{term|cneht|lang=ang}}, {{term|cneoht||boy, youth, servant, attendant, retainer, disciple, warrior, boyhood, junior member of a guild|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|knehtaz}} (cf. Dutch {{term|knecht|lang=nl}} 'attendant, servant', German {{term|Knecht|lang=de}} 'lad; slave'), originally 'billet (wood), block of wood' (compare Dutch laarze{{term|laarzeknecht|knecht|lang=nl}} 'boot-jack', German dialect {{term|Knüchtel|lang=de}} 'bat, club'), from {{proto|Indo-European|gnegʰ-}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|title=|gen-}} 'to ball up, pinch, compress'. |
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| | + | ====Noun==== |
| | {{en-noun}} | | {{en-noun}} |
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| | # {{chess}} 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. | | # {{chess}} 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. |
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| − | ====Synonyms==== | + | =====Synonyms===== |
| | * {{sense|chess piece}} [[horse]] {{italbrac|rare}} | | * {{sense|chess piece}} [[horse]] {{italbrac|rare}} |
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| − | ====Derived terms==== | + | =====Derived terms===== |
| | {{rel-top|Terms derived from the noun ''knight''}} | | {{rel-top|Terms derived from the noun ''knight''}} |
| | * [[knight adventurer]] | | * [[knight adventurer]] |
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| | {{rel-bottom}} | | {{rel-bottom}} |
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| − | ====See also==== | + | =====See also===== |
| | * [[Appendix:Chess_pieces]] | | * [[Appendix:Chess_pieces]] |
| | * {{list|en|chess pieces}} | | * {{list|en|chess pieces}} |
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| − | ====Translations==== | + | =====Translations===== |
| | {{trans-top|warrior, especially of the Middle Ages}} | | {{trans-top|warrior, especially of the Middle Ages}} |
| | * Albanian: {{t|sq|kalorës}} | | * Albanian: {{t|sq|kalorës}} |
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| | {{trans-bottom}} | | {{trans-bottom}} |
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| − | ===Verb=== | + | ===Etymology 2=== |
| | + | From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|knighten|lang=enm}}, {{term|kniȝten|lang=enm}}, from the noun. Cognate with {{etyl|gmh|-}} {{term|knehten|lang=gmh}}. |
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| | + | ====Verb==== |
| | {{en-verb}} | | {{en-verb}} |
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| | # {{chess|transitive}} To promote (a [[pawn]]) to a knight. | | # {{chess|transitive}} To promote (a [[pawn]]) to a knight. |
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| − | ====Synonyms==== | + | =====Synonyms===== |
| | * [[dub]] | | * [[dub]] |
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| − | ====Derived terms==== | + | =====Derived terms===== |
| | {{rel-top|Terms derived from the verb ''to knight''}} | | {{rel-top|Terms derived from the verb ''to knight''}} |
| | * [[knighted]]<!--adjective--> | | * [[knighted]]<!--adjective--> |
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| | {{rel-bottom}} | | {{rel-bottom}} |
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| − | ====Translations==== | + | =====Translations===== |
| | {{trans-top|to confer a knighthood upon}} | | {{trans-top|to confer a knighthood upon}} |
| | * Czech: {{t-|cs|pasovat}} | | * Czech: {{t-|cs|pasovat}} |
