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A white knight is a mythological figure and literary stock character. They are portrayed alongside a black knight as diametric opposites. A white knight usually represents a heroic warrior fighting against evil, with the role in medieval literature being represented by a knight-errant.
Mythology
The idea of a positive and negative color symbol being diametrically opposed is very common in ancient mythology, of which the white and black knights are one example, with others including the white horse and black horse from Indo-Aryan mythology. The white color symbolized innocence, illumination, openheartedness, and gladness.
Modern use
The term "white knight" is used in modern-day parlance to mean any kind of savior, although it is also specifically used in a business context to describe a person or corporation that saves another company from a hostile takeover and acquires its assets.
"White knight" is also used in slang to refer to men who are trying to curry the favor of women by protecting them, alongside other, similar terms, such as "simp" or "whipped". The usage of the term implies that these men, when doing nice things for women, are motivated only by sexual desires.
Historical origins
Although the term 'white knight' has taken on a colloquial meaning in modern English, the White Knight was a historical noble title in the peerage of Ireland, first bestowed upon the Fitzgibbon family by King Edward III in 1333 AD. The other two Irish hereditary knighthoods are the Knight of Glin (also called the Black Knight), and the Knight of Kerry (also called the Green Knight).
See also
Black knight
Chivalry
Damsel in distress
Knight-errant
Savior complex
White savior
References
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A white knight is a fictional stock character representing a gallant knight.
White Knight may also refer to:
People and titles
White Knight (Fitzgibbon family), a Hiberno-Norman title of nobility
Lewis Carroll, who referred to himself as White Knight
Art, entertainment and media
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Knight-errant, a literary stock character portrayed as a white knight
White Knight (Through the Looking-Glass), a character in Through the Looking Glass which resembles the chess-piece
"Gotham's White Knight", a nickname given to Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight (2008)
White Knight, James Bond's codename while infiltrating a terrorist military base in the beginning of Tomorrow Never Dies
White Knight, a character in the Generator Rex cartoon series
White Knight, a playable character class in the popular MMORPG MapleStory
White Knight, the name of the train engine in the Tokyopop manga Snow
The Knights of Falador, a fictional organisation in the online game RuneScape
= Games
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Knight (chess), playing piece in the game of chess
White knight, a knight in chess
White Knight Chronicles, a video game by Level-5 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4
= Film and television
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White Knight (film), an Indian short documentary film directed by Aarti Shrivastava
"The White Knight" (The Legend of Zelda), an episode of The Legend of Zelda
"White Knights" (Legends of Tomorrow), an episode of Legends of Tomorrow
= Literature
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Batman: White Knight, a 2017-18 comic book limited series written and illustrated by Sean Murphy
White Knight, a 1999 novel by Jaclyn Reding
White Knight, a 2018 novel by C.D. Reiss
The White Knight (book), a 1952 biography of Lewis Carroll by Alexander L. Taylor
The White Knight, a 2007 novel by Gilbert Morris
The White Knight, a 2023 Ben Hope novel by Scott Mariani
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"The White Knight" (Cledus Maggard song), a 1976 hit single by Cledus Maggard
White Knight (album), by Todd Rundgren
Vehicles
Scaled Composites White Knight, the aircraft used to carry and launch Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
Scaled Composites White Knight Two, the technological successor of the first
Posnansky/Fronius PF-1 White Knight, a glider
HMM-165, a helicopter squadron in the US Marine Corps, nicknamed White Knights
White knight (intelligence firm), an organization owned by Joel Zamel
Other uses
White knight (business), a friendly investor that acquires a corporation
White knight (internet culture) individuals, typically men, who defend or protect others online, primarily focusing on women
White Knight (chocolate), an Australian mint flavored chocolate candy bar
White Knight (software), a terminal program for Macintosh computers
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, one of the most violent and militant branches of the Ku Klux Klan
See also
John Hunyadi, nicknamed the White Knight of Wallachia
White horse (disambiguation)
White night (disambiguation)
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