a knight in armour

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• Knight Without Armour — Infobox Film name = Knight Without Armour caption = Original film poster as reproduced on bookcover director = Jacques Feyder producer = Alexander Korda writer = Lajos Biró Frances Marion James Hilton (novel) Arthur Wimperis (additional dialogue) …   Wikipedia

• Knight Without Armour —    Voir Le Chevalier sans armure …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

• knight — noun 1 in the Middle Ages ADJECTIVE ▪ medieval ▪ chivalrous, noble ▪ brave, valiant ▪ armoured/armored ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• armour */ — UK [ˈɑː(r)mə(r)] / US [ˈɑrmər] noun [uncountable] 1) metal clothing that soldiers wore in the middle ages to protect their bodies a knight in armour a suit of armour See: chink I, knight I 2) a) layers of hard metal that cover a military vehicle… …   English dictionary

• Armour — (or armor) is protective covering, most commonly manufactured from metals, to prevent damage from being inflicted to an individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat. While early armour tended …   Wikipedia

• knight — ► NOUN 1) (in the Middle Ages) a man raised to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire. 2) (in the UK) a man awarded a non hereditary title by the sovereign and entitled to use ‘Sir’ in front of his name. 3) a chess piece,… …   English terms dictionary

• knight in shining armour — A knight in shining armour is someone who saves you when you are in great trouble or danger …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• knight in shining armour (or knight on a white charger) — an idealized chivalrous man. → knight …   English new terms dictionary

• Knight-service — was the dominant and distinctive tenure of land as a fief associated with a knight under the English feudal system.Early historyIt is associated in its origin with that development in warfare which made the mailed horseman, armed with lance and… …   Wikipedia

• knight in shining armour — ► knight in shining armour an idealized chivalrous man. Main Entry: ↑knight …   English terms dictionary

• knight in shining armour — KNIGHT ON A WHITE CHARGER, rescuer, saviour, champion, hero, defender, protector, guardian (angel). → knight …   Useful english dictionary