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knightmares

knightmares is the plural of knightmare.

Meaning of knightmare

Noun

knightmare (plural knightmares)

  1. (humorous, informal) A figurative nightmare involving a knight, e.g. a crushing knight move or a hopeless situation involving a knight.
    • 16...Nbxd5? The wrong knight captures, which leads to a knightmare for Black.2020 March 11, Isaak Linder, Vladimir Linder, Mikhail Botvinnik: Sixth World Chess Champion, SCB Distributors, →ISBN, →OCLC

Questions about knightmares

What is knightmares the plural of?
Knightmares is the plural of knightmare.

Words near knightmares in the dictionary

  1. knightlinesses
  2. knightling
  3. knightlings
  4. knightly
  5. knightmare
  6. knightmares
  7. Knighton
  8. Knighton on Teme
  9. knightress
  10. knightresses
  11. knights

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