white knight
English
Alternative forms
- white-knight, whiteknight (for verb only)
Noun
white knight (plural white knights)
- (business) An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
- (fiction) A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
- Antonym: black knight
- (figurative, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
- A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
Verb
white knight (third-person singular simple present white knights, present participle white knighting, simple past and past participle white knighted)
- (figurative, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.
Translations
Hero
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