HyperDic: knut

English > 1 sense of the word *Knut*:
NOUN	person	Knut, Canute, Cnut, Canute the Great	king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him

Knut > pronunciation
Sounds	nah't
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *Knut*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).
Synonyms	Canute, Cnut, Canute the Great
Instance of	King of England, King of Great Britain	The sovereign ruler of England
Spanish	Canute the Great