Knight (disambiguation)

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Knight is a social position and honour originating in the Middle Ages.

Knight may also refer to:

People

• Member of chivalric order
• Knight (surname)
• Pseudonym of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) English statesman

Places

• Knight, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix
• Knight, Wisconsin, a town in the United States
• Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
• Knight Islands, Nunavut, Canada

Organisms

• Knight butterfly, the species Lebadea martha
• Knight mushrooms, the genus Tricholoma

In fiction

• Knight (comics), three DC Comics superheroes
• The Knight (novel), a fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe
• Knight, a fictional character in the Duel Masters television show
• Jedi Knight, a rank between Padawan and Master in Star Wars
• The Knight (Canterbury Tales), from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Other

• Knight (chess), a piece in the game of chess
• Knight Capital Group, a global financial services firm
• Knight's Armament Company, an American firearms manufacturer
• Knight (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in the roleplaying game
• Playing cards, may be:
  • Tarot cards:
    • Knight of Coins
    • Knight of Wands
    • Knight of Cups
    • Knight of Swords
  • Standard 56-card deck (knightly deck) card: Knight (playing card)

See also

• Knights (disambiguation)
• Justice Knight (disambiguation)