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grey knight

grey knight noun: in a corporate takeover, a bidder whose intentions are undeclared.

grey knight: in a corporate takeover, a bidder whose intentions are undeclared
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Noun

grey knight (plural grey knights)

  1. In a corporate takeover, a bidder whose intentions are undeclared.
  2. Any member of the species Tricholoma terreum of grey-capped mushrooms native to coniferous woodlands in Europe and North America/
    Synonyms:
    dirty tricholoma

Synonyms of grey knight

  • dirty tricholoma

Forms of grey knight

pluralgrey knights
alternative formgray knight

Origin of grey knight

Mushrooms of genus Tricholoma are called knights, those of species T. terreum have grey caps.

Questions about grey knight

What does grey knight mean?
Grey knight means in a corporate takeover, a bidder whose intentions are undeclared.
What part of speech is grey knight?
Grey knight is a noun.
What is the plural of grey knight?
The plural of grey knight is grey knights.

Words near grey knight in the dictionary

  1. grey iron
  2. grey irons
  3. grey jay
  4. grey jays
  5. grey junglefowl
  6. grey knight
  7. grey knights
  8. Grey Lady
  9. grey line
  10. grey lines
  11. grey literature

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