Swordsman vs Knight - What's the difference?
swordsman | knight |
A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.
A person who fights with a sword.
(informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.
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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.
(chess) 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.
(card games, dated) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
To confer knighthood upon.
(chess) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
As nouns the difference between swordsman and knight
is that swordsman is a person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer while knight is a warrior, especially of the Middle Ages.As a verb knight is
to confer knighthood upon.As a proper noun Knight is
an English status surname for someone who was a mounted soldier.swordsman
English
Noun
(swordsmen)- He is a remarkable swordsman .
- Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman .
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- Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.
Synonyms
* (person who wields a sword) swordfighter, swordster * (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse) womanizerHyponyms
* (person who wields a sword) swordstress, swordswomanAnagrams
*knight
English
(wikipedia knight)Etymology 1
From (etyl) knight, kniht, from (etyl) cniht, cneht, ‘to ball up, pinch, compress’.Noun
(en noun)- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Synonyms
* (chess piece) horse (rare)Derived terms
* knight adventurer * knight adventurous * knightage * Knight Bachelor, knight bachelor * knight-bairn * knight-banneret * knight baronet * knight brother * knight caligate of arms * knight-cross * knight-errant * knightess * knightfully * knight-head * knighthood * knightify * knight in shining armor, knight in shining armour * knightless * knightling * knightly * Knight Marshal, knight-marshal * knight-money * knight of adventurers * knight of arms * Knight of Grace * knight of industry, knight of the industry * Knight of Justice * Knight of Malta * Knight of Parliament * Knight of Rhodes * knight of St Crispin * Knight of St John * knight of the carpet * knight of the chamber * Knight of the Bath * knight of the blade * knight of the brush * knight of the cleaver * knight of the collar * Knight of the Commonty * knight of the cue * knight of the elbow * knight of the field * Knight of the Garter * knight of the grammar * knight of the knife * knight of the needle * knight of the order of the fork * knight of the pen * knight of the pencil * knight of the pestle * knight of the post * knight of the quill * knight of the rainbow * knight of the road * Knight of the Round Table * Knight of the Rueful Countenance * knight of the shears * Knight of the Shire * knight of the spigot * Knight of the Spur * knight of the square flag * knight of the stick * knight of the thimble * Knight of the Thistle * knight of the vapour * knight of the wheel * knight of the whip * knight of the whipping-post * Knight of Windsor * Knights of Columbus * Knights of Labor * Knights of Pythias * knight's cross * knight-service * knight's fee * knightship * knight's milfoil * knight's move * knight's pondwort * knight's progress * knight's star * knight's water-sengreen * knight's wort * knight's woundwort * Knight Templar * knight wager * knight-weed * knight-wife * Military Knight of Windsor * Naval Knights of Windsor * (l)See also
* *Etymology 2
From (etyl) knighten, , from the noun. Cognate with (etyl) knehten.Verb
(en verb)- The king knighted the young squire .
