| Meaning | originally / originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit. |
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| Instances | Geraint, Sir Geraint | (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table |
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| Narrower | Knight Templar, Templar | A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher |
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| Knight of the Round Table | In the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur's court |
| carpet knight | A knight who spends his time in luxury and idleness (knighted on the carpet at court rather than on the field of battle) |
| knight-errant | A wandering knight travelling in search of adventure |
| knight bachelor, bachelor-at-arms, bachelor | A knight of the lowest order |
| knight banneret, knight of the square flag, banneret | A knight honored for valor |
| Broader | male aristocrat | A man who is an aristocrat |
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| Spanish | caballero |
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| Catalan | cavaller |
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| Adjectives | equestrian | of or relating to or composed of knights |
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| knightly | being attentive to women like an ideal knight |
| knightly | characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages |
| Verbs | knight | raise (someone) to knighthood |
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