knight

(欧洲中世纪的)骑士, 武士, 骑侠

爵士(其姓名前用 Sir, 其夫人可称为 Dame, 民间则称为 Lady)

各种社交、政治、慈善团体的会员

(献身主义的)勇士, 义士

[英]郡选议员

贵妇人的护卫者[侍从]

(古希腊)雅典的第二等级的公民

[谑]专家; 专门人材

(国际象棋中的)马

knight

(originally) a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier.(later) a gentleman invested by a king or other lord with the military and social standing of this rank

(in modern times) a person invested by a sovereign with a nonhereditary rank and dignity usually in recognition of personal services, achievements, etc A British knight bears the title Sir placed before his name, as in Sir Winston Churchill

a chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves either two squares horizontally and one square vertically or one square horizontally and two squares vertically

a heroic champion of a lady or of a cause or principle

a member of the Roman class of the equites

to make (a person) a knight; dub