A military man serving on horse, early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly:
A man or boy with an uncircumcised penis.
A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
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.
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious.
High-spirited.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir --.
A military man serving on horse, early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly:
A man or boy with an uncircumcised penis.
A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
Of a man: to act in a gallant and dashing manner toward (women).
A warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
Nowadays, a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.
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.
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious.
High-spirited.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir --.