knyght
knyght is the obsolete spelling of knight.
Meaning of knight
Noun
knight (plural knights)
- A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
- Not all knights held fiefs, and it was not unusual for knights to buy themselves freedom from the obligations of the fief, or even to abscond with the arms provided by their lord, becoming a part of the large number of unenfeoffed, wandering knights available for hire […]2001, Michael S. Drake, Problematics of Military Power: Government, Discipline and the Subject of Violence, →ISBN, page 97
- A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
- An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee.
- A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
- A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest.
Forms of knyght
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Questions about knyght
- What is knyght the obsolete spelling of?
- Knyght is the obsolete spelling of knight.
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