Synonyms for knighted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nahyt

Phonetic Transcription : naɪt

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Définition of knighted

Origin : Old English cniht "boy, youth; servant, attendant," common West Germanic (cf. Old Frisian kniucht, Dutch knecht, Middle High German kneht "boy, youth, lad," German Knecht "servant, bondman, vassal"), of unknown origin. The plural in Middle English sometimes was knighten. Meaning "military follower of a king or other superior" is from c.1100. Began to be used in a specific military sense in Hundred Years War, and gradually rose in importance until it became a rank in the nobility 16c. The chess piece so called from mid-15c. Knight in shining armor in figurative sense is from 1917, from the man who rescues the damsel in distress in romantic dramas (perhaps especially "Lohengrin"). Knights of Columbus, society of Catholic men, founded 1882 in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.; Knights of Labor, trade union association, founded in Philadelphia, 1869; Knights of Pythias, secret order, founded in Washington, 1864.

As in dub : verb name, label something

Example sentences :

Wheatstone was knighted in 1868, after his completion of the automatic telegraph.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

For this bold act he was knighted by the king on the spot and given a gold medal.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

He knighted the monkey, the dog and the pheasant, and made them his body-guard.
Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis

The duke is delighted with the Rooneys, and we are going to have Paul knighted!'
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

The Emperor called for a sword, and knighted the individual forthwith.
Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 » by J. Endell Tyler

My cousin Antoine looks ever so much older than you do, and he has not been knighted yet.
Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty

Edmund, the elder, was first knighted and then created Earl of Richmond.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

Malone had been knighted by her during the course of the investigation.
Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Sonnets to ladyes' eyes indited, And for such stuff been killed or knighted.
Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross

Joshua Reynolds was knighted in 1769, two years after this work was published.
Extract from : « A Pindarick Ode on Painting » by Thomas Morrison

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