Knight (disambiguation)
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Knight is a social position and honour originating in the Middle Ages.
Knight may also refer to:
People
- Member of chivalric order
- Knight (surname)
- Pseudonym of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) English statesman
Places
- Knight, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix
- Knight, Wisconsin, a town in the United States
- Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
- Knight Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Organisms
- Knight butterfly, the species Lebadea martha
- Knight mushrooms, the genus Tricholoma
In fiction
- Knight (comics), three DC Comics superheroes
- The Knight (novel), a fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe
- Knight, a fictional character in the Duel Masters television show
- Jedi Knight, a rank between Padawan and Master in Star Wars
- The Knight (Canterbury Tales), from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Other
- Knight (chess), a piece in the game of chess
- Knight Capital Group, a global financial services firm
- Knight's Armament Company, an American firearms manufacturer
- Knight (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in the roleplaying game
- Playing cards, may be:
- Tarot cards:
- Standard 56-card deck (knightly deck) card: Knight (playing card)
See also
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