knight/night

knight   (nīt)

Noun.

• A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
• A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
• A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
• A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
• A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
• The devoted champion of a lady.
• 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.

Verb. Transitive.,  ^{_{knight·ed, knight·ing, knights.}}

• To raise (a person) to knighthood.

night   (nīt)

Noun.,

• The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
• This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.
• This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.
• The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
• The period between evening and bedtime.
• This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.
• This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.
• The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.
• One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.
• Nightfall: worked from morning to night.
• Darkness: vanished into the night.

Adjective.,

• Of or relating to the night: the night air.
• Intended for use at night: a night light.
• Working during the night: the night nurse.
• Active chiefly at night: night prowlers.
• Occurring after dark: night baseball.