Knight

n.	1.	A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
	2.	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. Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms. - Shak.
	3.	A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
	4.	A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. Carpet knight See under Carpet. Knight of industry See Chevalier d'industrie, under Chevalier. Knight of Malta 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. Knight of the shire in England, one of the representatives of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs. - Nares. Knights commanders different classes of the Order of the Bath. 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. 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.
v. t.	1.	To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir --. [imp. & p. p. Knighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knighting.] A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of CŒur-de-Lion knighted in the field. - Shak.

Noun	1.	knight - originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
	2.	knight - a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) Synonyms: horse
Verb	1.	knight - raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" Synonyms: dub

To see a knight in your dream, signifies protection and security. The knight can be seen as a saviour or someone who sweeps you off your feet, as in the "knight in shining armour".Bayard, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, advance, aggrandize, bachelor, banneret, baronet, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, bishop, blade, bravo, brawler, broncobuster, buckaroo, bully, bullyboy, caballero, castle, cavalier, cavalryman, chessman, chevalier, circus rider, combatant, companion, competitor, contender, contestant, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher, disputant, duelist, elevate, enforcer, ennoble, equestrian, equestrienne, exalt, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, gallant, gamecock, gaucho, gladiator, goon, gorilla, graduate, hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, jouster, kick upstairs, king, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant, man, militant, mounted policeman, pass, pawn, piece, plug-ugly, postboy, postilion, prefer, promote, puncher, quarreler, queen, raise, rider, rioter, rival, rook, rough, roughrider, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, steeplechaser, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, trick rider, tussler, up, upgrade, vaquero, wrangler

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