The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS. cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
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A champion; a partisan; a lover. ``Give this ring to my true knight.'' Shak ``In all your quarrels will I be your knight.''
--Tennyson.Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms.
--Shak.Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a knight is not hereditary.
A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
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A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. [Obs.]
Carpet knight. See under Carpet.
Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under Chevalier.
Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem. See Hospitaler.
Knight of the post, one who gained his living by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper in general.
--Nares. ``A knight of the post, . . . quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence.''
--Nash.Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs.
Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and Companion.
Knights of labor, a secret organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]
Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.
Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn days.
--Brande & C.
Wikipedia
Knights of the Round Table is a 1953 American historical Technicolor film made by MGM. Directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman, it was the first film in Cinemascope made by that studio. The screenplay was by Talbot Jennings, Jan Lustig and Noel Langley from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, first published in 1485 by William Caxton.
The film was the second in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring Robert Taylor, coming between Ivanhoe (1952) and The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955). All three were made at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London and partly filmed on location. The cast included Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Ava Gardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as King Arthur, Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Modred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
Knights of the Round Table is a role-playing game published by Little Soldier Games in 1976.
The Knights of the Round Table are the order of knights associated with King Arthur in the Arthurian legend
Knights of the Round Table may also refer to:
- Knights of the Round Table (film), a 1953 British film based on the Arthurian legend
- Knights of the Round Table (role-playing game), a 1976 role-playing game based on the Arthurian legend
Usage examples of "knights of the round table".
All by himself, too, since Bugge and the northmen have finally convinced him that they don't want to be knights of the round table.
I didnt think the Knights of the Round Table were for real, either, I said.
Every nation embraced and adorned the popular romance of Arthur, and the Knights of the Round Table: their names were celebrated in Greece and Italy.
John the Baptist, his head still on the platter, still stared reproachfully at King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
All that remained were occasional whisperings that it was hidden in Great Britain, the land of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
By God, said Sir Gawaine, now I will say thee sooth, my name is Sir Gawaine, and known I am in his court and in his chamber, and one of the knights of the Round Table, he dubbed me a duke with his own hand.
Even her baby, Gareth, was one of the older knights of the Round Table, and the newer ones deferred to him amazingly, calling him sir, and asking his advice, or hesitating to argue with him if they differed.