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Knight vs. Sabaton — What's the Difference?

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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 (ἱππεῖς) 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.

Sabaton

A sabaton or solleret is part of a knight's body armor that covers the foot.

Knight

A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.

Sabaton

(historical) A mediaeval armour (usually steel) covering for the foot; a flexible armour shoe.

Knight

A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
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Sabaton

Armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel

Knight

A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.

Knight

A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.

Knight

A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.

Knight

The devoted champion of a lady.

Knight

Abbr. Kt or N(Games) A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.

Knight

To raise (a person) to knighthood.

Knight

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

Knight

(historical) A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.

Knight

(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Knight

A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.

Knight

(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

Knight

(literary) A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.

Knight

(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.

Knight

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Knight

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.

Knight

(modern) Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.

Knight

(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
The king knighted the young squire.

Knight

To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

Knight

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

Knight

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.
Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms.

Knight

A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

Knight

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Knight

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 --.
A soldier, by the honor-giving handOf CŒur-de-Lion knighted in the field.

Knight

Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

Knight

A chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Knight

Raise (someone) to knighthood;
The Beatles were knighted

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