knighthood
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪtˌhʊd/
- Formal
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caballería
- "Sir" Arthur received his knighthood for services to literature in 1998.
- received his knighthood
Blimey, first Brexit, now Dias getting a knighthood.
- Blimey, first Brexit, now Dias getting a knighthood.
- He gets a CMG and then is awarded or they offer him KCMG, which is a knighthood after that, but he rejects it.
- You know, Fred the shred loses billions and billions of pounds all over the, the, the world and he gets a knighthood.
- Khan gets a knighthood for all the years of knife crime, gun crime, killings, robberies, everything else.
Examples
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Give that man a knighthood.
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Another insignia of knighthood is the golden spur.
Academic text (1996) -
I have been given a knighthood, an estate and a wife.
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I intend to give you a knighthood in the next honors list.
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Sir Lancelot would not exchange his knighthood for any kingdom.
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You are not worthy of the knighthood bestowed upon you.
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I had the pleasure of being on duty at Buckingham Palace the day you got your knighthood.
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Savile was awarded a papal knighthood for conspicuous service to the Church.
Blog text (21) -
While Rawson and Moor received knighthoods, Oba Ovonramwen was deported to Calabar, where he died in 1914.
Academic text (1997) -
In Great Britain, 28,000 people signed an online petition to award Ali an honorary knighthood.
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Morphology
Etymology
Knighthood comes from the word knight, from the old English cniht that meant 'young man' or 'servant' who served a lord and later became a soldier who rode a horse. The ending -hood means 'state' or 'condition', as in childhood, so knighthood is the state or rank of being a knight.