Squire vs. Knight: What's the Difference?

A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.

A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.

An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.

A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.

A magistrate or justice of the peace.

A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.

A local dignitary.

A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.

A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.

A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.

To attend as a squire; escort.

The devoted champion of a lady.

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

Abbr. Kt or N(Games) A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.

A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.

To raise (a person) to knighthood.

A male attendant on a great personage.

(historical) A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord.

A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

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

A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.

(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

Term of address to a male equal.

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

(obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

(modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.

(transitive) To attend as a squire.

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

(transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.

(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.

A square; a measure; a rule.

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.

A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.

(modern) Any mushroom belonging to genus Tricholoma.

A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

(transitive) To confer knighthood upon.

A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.

To promote (a pawn) to a knight.

To attend as a squire.

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.

In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

Young nobleman attendant on a knight

A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

An English country landowner

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

A man who attends or escorts a woman

To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir --.

Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

A chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Raise (someone) to knighthood;