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KNIGHT

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knight I. substantiv

1. cavaler, deţinătorul titlului de cavaler (imediat inferior celui de baronet);

the knights of the Table Round cavalerii Mesei Rotunde;

(fam. înv.) knight of the post pungaş, escroc;

(înv.) knight of the pestle spiţer, farmacist;

knight of the road a) comis-voiajor; b) vagabond.

2. (ist.) cavaler (membru al clasei cavalerilor).

3. knight of the shire reprezentant al unui comitat, district, în parlamentul englez;

knight bachelor cavaler (neaparţinând nici unui ordin; distincţie onorifică al cărei obicei s-a perpetuat).

4. (la şah) cal.

knight II. verb tranzitiv

a face (pe cineva) cavaler, a acorda (cuiva) titlul de cavaler.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“A proper figure of a man at-arms,” said the little knight.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She put them on, the knights revived at once, thanked her, and went on their way rejoicing, never knowing the difference, for there were so many other heads like them in the world that no one thought anything of it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Clerk or no, you have acted this day as becomes a true knight.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Every day, when he gave his lessons to this pet of the king's, the knight rode him through the city, and as he rode, he looked everywhere for a certain beautiful face, which he had seen many times in his dreams, but never found.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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