"knyght" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: knyghts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knyght (plural knyghts)
  1. Obsolete spelling of knight. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: knight
    Sense id: en-knyght-en-noun-jCU6ZCuG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 6 7 2 19 6 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 4 2 2 7 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 3 2 2 6 2 15

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /knixt/, /kniːxt/, /kniːt/ (note: dialectal or late) Forms: knyghtes [plural], knyghten [plural]
Rhymes: -ixt Etymology: From Old English cniht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cniht}} Old English cniht, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kneht}} Proto-West Germanic *kneht Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} knyght, {{enm-noun|knyghtes|pl2=knyghten}} knyght (plural knyghtes or knyghten)
  1. A knight (armoured noble soldier)
    Sense id: en-knyght-enm-noun-tzKEaDi0
  2. (by extension) A noble; a potentate. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Feudalism, Nobility
    Sense id: en-knyght-enm-noun-tCotDeBA Disambiguation of Feudalism: 28 46 3 8 3 12 Disambiguation of Nobility: 21 39 12 10 12 7
  3. (figuratively) A warrior; a fighter. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-knyght-enm-noun-J-4AkGxc Disambiguation of Military: 28 0 72 0 0 0
  4. (chiefly Early Middle English) A servant or attendant. Tags: Early-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-knyght-enm-noun-nImN2oQe Categories (other): Early Middle English
  5. (Early Middle English) A boy or youth. Tags: Early-Middle-English Categories (topical): Children, Male people
    Sense id: en-knyght-enm-noun-hAmlUXJP Disambiguation of Children: 5 8 8 8 64 7 Disambiguation of Male people: 9 17 17 17 24 16 Categories (other): Early Middle English
  6. (chess) A knight (chess piece) Categories (topical): Chess, Chess
    Sense id: en-knyght-enm-noun-RP0CQXme Disambiguation of Chess: 3 3 3 10 3 79 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: knyghten, knyghtly

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kniːxt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kniːt/",
      "note": "dialectal or late"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ixt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "knicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "knict"
    },
    {
      "word": "knicth"
    },
    {
      "word": "knight"
    },
    {
      "word": "knighte"
    },
    {
      "word": "kniȝt"
    },
    {
      "word": "kniȝte"
    },
    {
      "word": "kniht"
    },
    {
      "word": "knygȝt"
    },
    {
      "word": "knyghte"
    },
    {
      "word": "knyȝght"
    },
    {
      "word": "knyȝt"
    },
    {
      "word": "knyȝte"
    },
    {
      "word": "knyht"
    },
    {
      "word": "knyte"
    },
    {
      "word": "cinht"
    },
    {
      "word": "cnihht"
    },
    {
      "word": "cniht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "cnist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knyght"
}

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