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Knight - Wikipedia The specific military sense of a knight as a mounted warrior in the heavy cavalry emerges only in the Hundred Years' War The verb "to knight" (to make someone a knight) appears around 1300; and, from the same time, the word "knighthood" shifted from "adolescence" to "rank or dignity of a knight"
KNIGHT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of KNIGHT is a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior; especially : a man ceremonially inducted into special military rank usually after completing service as page and squire
Knight | History, Orders, Facts | Britannica Knight, now a title of honor bestowed for a variety of services, but originally in the European Middle Ages a formally professed cavalryman The first medieval knights were professional cavalry warriors, some of whom were vassals holding lands as fiefs from the lords in whose armies they served
Medieval Knight - World History Encyclopedia The process of becoming a knight started from early childhood The typical starting point for a young lad of 7 to 10 years old was to become a page when he learned to handle horses, hunt, and use mock weapons while serving a knight proper
KNIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary a man given a rank of honour by a head of state in some countries because of his special achievements In the UK and some Commonwealth countries, he has the right to use the title "Sir": He is expected to be made a knight for his work at the Bank of England
knight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (law, historical) A person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch
Knights | Medieval Times Dinner Tournament Knights were medieval gentleman-soldiers, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire Originally knights were attendants or specialized foot-soldiers, but the status of knights was elevated around 800 A D