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Meanings of king knight in English

King's knight.

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        Examples for "king's knight"
        Examples for "king's knight"
        1
        "Well..." Matthew reached down to the chessboard and traded positions between the king's knight and the king's bishop.
        Speaks the Nightbird
        Usage of king knight in English
        1
        He turned his head and his king knight's pawn advanced one square.
        Carrion comfort
        2
        Saul realized that he was a king knight's pawn who had not yet moved from his original square.
        Carrion comfort
        3
        The king knighted him before he rode north, in Jon's memory.
        A Game of Thrones
        4
        Anon came young Gawain, the king 's nephew, praying to be made a knight, whom the king knighted then and there.
        The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
        5
        "The king knighted the boy after Lord Arryn's death."
        A Game of Thrones
        6
        In return for this submission the king knighted the four chiefs just named, a somewhat incongruous piece of courtesy it must be owned.
        The Story of Ireland