Knight vs. Paladin
Difference Between Knight and Paladin
Knightnoun
A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
Paladinnoun
A paragon of chivalry; a heroic champion.
Knightnoun
A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
Paladinnoun
A strong supporter or defender of a cause
"the paladin of plain speaking" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).Knightnoun
A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
Paladinnoun
Any of the 12 peers of Charlemagne's court.
Knightnoun
A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
Paladinnoun
A heroic champion (especially a knightly one).
Knightnoun
A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
Paladinnoun
A defender or advocate of a noble cause. (A defender of faith).
Knightnoun
The devoted champion of a lady.
Paladinnoun
Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.
Knightnoun
Abbr. Kt or N(Games) A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.
Paladinnoun
someone who fights for a cause
Knightverb
To raise (a person) to knighthood.
Knightnoun
A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableKnightnoun
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Knightnoun
Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
Knightnoun
(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.
Knightnoun
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Knightverb
(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.
The king knighted the young squire.Knightverb
To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
Knightnoun
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
Knightnoun
a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
Knightverb
raise (someone) to knighthood;
The Beatles were knighted
