How to pronounce knight - Vocab Today

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The pronunciation of the word knight in Amercian accent is demonstrated in this video. If the word is from another language, such as brand name, it will be pronounced in its original language. Based on the word frequency, this is of 2 stars difficulty.

The word knight has the following meanings:
1. (noun)
Definition : (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
Example : The crossbow was really the first hand-held weapon that could be used by an untrained soldier to injure or kill a knight in plate armour.
2. (noun)
Definition : (in the UK) a man awarded a nonhereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific “Sir” in front of his name.
Example : Counts, knights, barons and marquesses gathered in the guilded ballroom of the hotel to mark the focal event of the aristocratic social calendar.
3. (noun)
Definition : A chess piece, typically with its top shaped like a horse's head, that moves by jumping to the opposite corner of a rectangle two squares by three.
Example : In chess, if you move your knight on to a pawn's square, the pawn's a goner.
4. (transitive verb)
Definition : Invest (someone) with the title of knight.
Example : he was knighted for his services to industry

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