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    knight
    /nʌɪt/

    noun

    • 1. (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour.
    • 2. (in the UK) a man awarded a non-hereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific ‘Sir’ in front of his name.

    verb

    • 1. invest (someone) with the title of knight: "he was knighted for his services to industry"

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