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Noun
white knight (plural white knights)
- (business) An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
2010 August 23, “Vale Denies It Is Potash's White Knight”, in NY Times DealBook:Forget about one possible white knight for Potash. Vale, the big Brazilian mining company, denied on Monday afternoon that it was in talks to acquire the giant Canadian fertilizer company.
- (fiction) A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
- Antonym: black knight
- (figurative, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
- (informal, derogatory, Internet) A man who defends a woman in debate etc. in an attempt to gain her favour.
- Synonyms: doormat, simp
- A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
Verb
white knight (third-person singular simple present white knights, present participle white knighting, simple past and past participle white knighted)
- (figurative, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.
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