knight C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce US /naɪt/ UK /naɪt/ See IPA manual Homophones night /naɪt/ Meanings 1 noun a man granted honorary rank for service, historically a mounted warrior The young knight knelt as the king touched each shoulder with a sword. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a man granted honorary rank... cavalierchevalierhorsemanwarriorpaladin Word family Derived forms knighthoodknightlyknighted Etymology AI details From Old English cniht ('boy, youth, servant'), from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz ('boy, servant'); the sense 'mounted warrior' developed in Middle English. cniht Old English *knehtaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # knight **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /naɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /naɪt/ ## Meanings 1. a man granted honorary rank for service, historically a mounted warrior ## Examples - The young knight knelt as the king touched each shoulder with a sword. ## Synonyms - cavalier - chevalier - horseman - warrior - paladin ## Derived Forms - knighthood - knightly - knighted ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cniht - Root: *knehtaz ## Etymology From Old English cniht ('boy, youth, servant'), from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz ('boy, servant'); the sense 'mounted warrior' developed in Middle English. ## AI Etymology Knight comes from Old English cniht ('boy, youth, servant'), from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz ('boy, servant'); the sense 'mounted warrior' developed in Middle English. The etymological trail includes Old English cniht, Proto-Germanic *knehtaz. The same word family includes knighthood, knightly, knighted. Its current noun use means "a man granted honorary rank for service, historically a mounted warrior". ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown