Knight
Knight noun - Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit.
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Synonyms for Knight
Ritter and knight are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Ritter" with "Knight", this nouns are similar.
Ritter
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Not only does "Ritter" mean "knight" in German, it is also the equivalent of "captain" in the Teutonic Order.
Source: Comic Book / Block 109 - The protagonist was told repeatedly by his uncle to read the great novel "Ritter Hempel" (Hempel the knight), but gave up after the first fifty or so pages were all about how to clean lances.
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Meaningful Name: Gabriel Knight, hearkening to the angel and the job, of course; furthermore, the name "Ritter" is a German title meaning roughly "knight" and translates literally into "(a male) knight." Novelization: The first two games were adapted into books by Jane Jensen.
Source: Video Game / Gabriel Knight
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