knight

knight

knight (third-person singular simple present knights, present participle knighting, simple past and past participle knighted)

1. (transitive) To confer knighthood upon.

   The king knighted the young squire.

2. (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

knight (plural knights)

1. A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.

   King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

2. Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
3. (chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horses head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

	cavallo
	chess piece
	Figura del gioco degli scacchi, che spesso è formata in cima dalla testa di un cavallo.
	A piece in the game of chess often shaped to resemble the head of a horse.

	cavaliere
	warrior, especially of the Middle Ages

	cavagliere
	Un tilo nobile o prezioso, che veniva conferito agli uomini. Il loro compito era quello di andare in guerra come cavalleria pesante.
	A title of nobilty or gentility applied exclusively to males, originating in the Middle Ages. Their principal duty was to fight as heavy cavalry.

cavalleria medievale

Altri significati:

to confer a knighthood upon

knight (shogi)

(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.

person on whom a knighthood has been conferred

Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.

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