“knight of”

The following 17 entries include the term knight of.

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Knight of Columbus

noun phrase

: a member of a benevolent and fraternal society of Roman Catholic men

Knight of Pythias

noun phrase

: a member of a secret benevolent and fraternal order

Knight of the Maccabees

noun phrase

: a member of a secret benevolent society

knight of industry

noun

Knight of Labor

noun

: a member of a 19th century secret labor organization formed in 1869 to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen in respect to their relations to their employers

Knight of Malta

noun

: hospitaler

Knight of Rhodes

noun

: hospitaler

Knight of St. John of Jerusalem

noun

: hospitaler

knight of the carpet

noun

: a knight who is knighted in formal ceremony (as kneeling in a royal audience chamber) as distinguished from one knighted informally on the field of battle compare carpet knight

Knight of the Golden Circle

noun

: a member of a former American secret organization formed about 1855 to promote the interests of the South and the slavery cause

knight of the pestle

noun

knight of the post

noun

: a professional false witness of 15th to 17th century England

knight of the road

noun

Knight of the Round Table

noun

: a knight belonging to the legendary order instituted by King Arthur

knight of the shire

noun

: a knight selected by the freeholders to represent a shire in the House of Commons especially in medieval times

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