to dub

Examples

• All

• By the power vested in me by my father, King Edward... ...and by all the witnesses here... ...I dub thee... ...Sir William.

  A Knight's Tale (2001)

• I dub thee, by the sword Excalibur, Sir Mordred.

  King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (2017)

• I shall dub you Sir Robin Hood.

  The Go-Between (1971)

• Then I dub you Sir Bedevere, knight of the Round Table.

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

• By the laws of yore, I must dub thee a man today.

  Onward (2020)

• I hereby dub thee, Sir Tow Mater.

  Cars 2 (2011)

• No man may embark on a quest for the king without being made a knight of the order, so James of Aralon, it is with a mixture of sadness and pride that I dub thee knight.

  To the Ends of Time (1996)

• I am now walking around the house giggling, imagining a Scots Order of the Holy Stove (Disestablished). "I now dub thee Knight of the Most Honorable and Puissant Order of the Holy Stove!"

  Blog text (31)

• In a solemn ceremony, I dub you Sir Lancelot, protector of the realm.

• Today, I dub you Sir Percival for your heroic deeds in battle.

Synonyms

K

to knight

vsto dub

• Formal

16 6.2

To give someone the title Sir in a formal ceremony by the monarch

focuses on the touch of a sword on the shoulders rather than the performer

B

to beknighted

vsto dub

• Archaic

9.9

To make someone a knight at a ceremony

uses the specific touch of a sword on the shoulders as the ceremony

Phrasal Verbs

D

to dub the film

4.6

Replace the voices in a film with speech in another language

Compounds

E

English dub

1 3.4

An audio track where the actors speak in English instead of the original language

R

rub-a-dub

9.9

A steady repeating drum sound you hear at parades

Surface Forms

Etymology