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Exact Match:

knight

a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

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

raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"

Synonyms:

• Bayard,
• Don Quixote,
• Gawain,
• Lancelot,
• Ritter,
• Sidney,
• Sir Galahad,
• advance,
• aggrandize,
• bachelor,
• banneret,
• baronet,
• battler,
• belligerent,
• belted knight,
• bickerer,
• bishop,
• blade,
• bravo,
• brawler,
• broncobuster,
• buckaroo,
• bully,
• bullyboy,
• caballero,
• castle,
• cavalier,
• cavalryman,
• chessman,
• chevalier,
• circus rider,
• combatant,
• companion,
• competitor,
• contender,
• contestant,
• cowboy,
• cowgirl,
• cowpuncher,
• disputant,
• duelist,
• elevate,
• enforcer,
• ennoble,
• equestrian,
• equestrienne,
• exalt,
• fencer,
• feuder,
• fighter,
• fighting cock,
• foilsman,
• gallant,
• gamecock,
• gaucho,
• gladiator,
• goon,
• gorilla,
• graduate,
• hatchet man,
• hood,
• hoodlum,
• hooligan,
• horse soldier,
• horseback rider,
• horsebacker,
• horseman,
• horsewoman,
• jockey,
• jouster,
• kick upstairs,
• king,
• knight bachelor,
• knight banneret,
• knight baronet,
• knight-errant,
• man,
• militant,
• mounted policeman,
• pass,
• pawn,
• piece,
• plug-ugly,
• postboy,
• postilion,
• prefer,
• promote,
• puncher,
• quarreler,
• queen,
• raise,
• rider,
• rioter,
• rival,
• rook,
• rough,
• roughrider,
• rowdy,
• ruffian,
• sabreur,
• scrapper,
• scuffler,
• squabbler,
• steeplechaser,
• strong arm,
• strong-arm man,
• strong-armer,
• struggler,
• swashbuckler,
• sword,
• swordplayer,
• swordsman,
• thug,
• tilter,
• tough,
• trick rider,
• tussler,
• up,
• upgrade,
• vaquero,
• wrangler