...a person of a particular rank who rode horses into battle. In ancient Rome, there were knights (equites) who were of a rank similar to that of the nobility, but the word generally refers to medieval warriors in Western Europe, and is used as a translation of the French word chevalier, the German word Ritter, and the English word knight. Semantically, the first two refer to a rider, and the latter to an attendant. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Ritter" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…騎乗して戦闘する特有の身分の者。古代ローマにも貴族に準ずる身分として騎士(エクイテスequites)があったが,一般には西欧中世の武士を指し,フランス語のシュバリエchevalier,ドイツ語のリッターRitter,英語のナイトknightの訳語として用いられる。語義的には前2者が騎乗者,後者は侍者の意である。… ※「Ritter」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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