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knight noun

  /naɪt/
  • (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
  • (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
 ridder
  • (chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.
 springer, hest

knight verb

  /naɪt/
  • (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
 slå til ridder
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