faire chevalier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- knight noun In medieval Europe, an armoured warrior on horseback who served a lord, typically after training as a page and squire.
Senses
faire chevalier is used for these senses in English:
- knight (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
knight — full definition
- noun In medieval Europe, an armoured warrior on horseback who served a lord, typically after training as a page and squire.
- noun In Britain, a man who has been honoured by the monarch for outstanding achievement and is entitled to use "Sir" before his name.
- noun A chess piece, usually shaped like a horse's head, that moves in an L-shape and can jump over other pieces.
- verb To formally confer a knighthood on someone.