knight
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Inglese
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Sostantivo
knight (pl.: knights)
- cavaliere
- (scacchi) cavallo
- (araldica) titolo onorifico concesso in origine a coloro che aiutavano il re a salire in groppa al cavallo, da cui il nome con cui costoro sono conosciuti in altre lingue (italiano: cavaliere, francese: chevalier)
Etimologia / Derivazione
- dall'antico inglese cniht
- wmf,
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Dictionary.com, lemma knight
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- araldica