consort vs knight

consort

noun
  • The spouse of a monarch. 

  • A ship accompanying another. 

  • Association or partnership. 

  • A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument. 

  • A husband, wife, companion or partner. 

  • An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc. 

verb
  • To be in agreement. 

  • To associate or keep company (with). 

adj
  • of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager 

knight

noun
  • A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch. 

  • A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire. 

  • An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. 

  • 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 person obliged to provide knight service in exchange for maintenance of an estate held in knight's fee. 

  • A brave, chivalrous and honorable man devoted to a noble cause or love interest. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima. 

  • A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord. 

  • Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma. 

verb
  • To confer knighthood upon. 

  • To promote (a pawn) to a knight. 

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