1. white knight - Noun
2. white knight - Verb
(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
(figuratively, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
(informal, derogatory, Internet) A man who defends a woman in debate etc. in an attempt to gain her favour.
Synonyms: doormat, simp
A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
white knight (third-person singular simple present white knights, present participle white knighting, simple past and past participle white knighted)
(figuratively, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.
white-knight (plural white-knights)
Alternative form of white knight
white-knight (third-person singular simple present white-knights, present participle white-knighting, simple past and past participle white-knighted)
Alternative form of white knight
white-knight
The White Knight must not have whiskers; he must not be made to look old. Lewis Carroll
When logic and proportion Have fallen softly dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head! Feed your head!" Grace Slick
Remember the White Knight. Trenton Lee Stewart