Past tense of knight

regular verb

The past tense of knight is knighted. The past participle is also knighted.

Forms of knight

The king knighted the young squire.
The successful businessman was knighted and acquired a handle to his name.From the entry handle
He was knighted and became Ser William.From the entry ser
Of them who have not breathed corflu, never was one knighted to St.1960, John Bristol Speer, “Novus Ordo Fandorum”, in Fancestral Voices, page 190. From the entry corflu
Their host was a heavy, rather coarse Scotchman who had made a good fortune in Italy before the war, and had been knighted for his ultrapatriotism during the war.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 17, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina…. From the entry ultrapatriotism

noun A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.
noun A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire.
noun An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

What is the past tense of knight?: The past tense of knight is knighted.
What is the past participle of knight?: The past participle of knight is knighted.
Is knight a regular or irregular verb?: Knight is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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