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knight noun

  /naɪt/
  • (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.
конь
  • (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.
ры́царь, богаты́рь, ви́тязь, рыцарь
  • (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
ры́царь, рыцарь

knight verb

  /naɪt/
  • (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
посвяща́ть в ры́цари
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