Knightnoun
A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
âKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round Tableâ;
Nightnoun
(countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
âHow do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!?â;
Knightnoun
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Nightnoun
(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
âa night on the townâ;
Knightnoun
Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
Nightnoun
(countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.
âWe stayed at the Hilton for five nights.â;
Knightnoun
(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.
Nightnoun
(uncountable) Nightfall.
âfrom noon till nightâ;
Knightnoun
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Nightnoun
(uncountable) Darkness.
âThe cat disappeared into the night.â;
Knightverb
(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
âThe king knighted the young squire.â;
Nightnoun
(uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
Knightverb
To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
Nightnoun
A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
Knightnoun
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Nightverb
To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
Knightnoun
In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
âKnights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms.â;
Nightnoun
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
âAnd God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.â;
Knightnoun
A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
Nightnoun
Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
âNature and nature's laws lay hid in night.â;
Knightnoun
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Nightnoun
Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
âShe closed her eyes in everlasting night.â; âDo not go gentle into that good nightRage, rage against the dying of the light.â;
Knightverb
To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir --.
âA soldier, by the honor-giving handOf Cur-de-Lion knighted in the field.â;
Nightnoun
A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
âSo help me God, as I have watched the night,Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.â;
Knightnoun
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
Nightnoun
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Knightnoun
a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
Nightnoun
the time between sunset and midnight;
âhe watched television every nightâ;
Knightverb
raise (someone) to knighthood;
âThe Beatles were knightedâ;
Nightnoun
the period spent sleeping;
âI had a restless nightâ;
Knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.Knighthood finds origins in the Greek hippeis and hoplite (ጱÏÏΔáżÏ) and Roman eques and centurion of classical antiquity.In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility.
Nightnoun
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit;
âthree nights later he collapsedâ;
Nightnoun
darkness;
âit vanished into the nightâ;
Nightnoun
a shortening of nightfall;
âthey worked from morning to nightâ;
Nightnoun
a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
Nightnoun
Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
Night
Night (also described as night time or night-time or nighttime, unconventionally spelled as nite) is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends on the location and varies throughout the year, based on factors such as season and latitude.