Knight

A knight is a warrior that protects pilgrims during pilgrimages. A male knight is given the honourific Sir, meanwhile a female knight is given the honourific Dame. Knights wear armets and plated or chain armour that, during battle, are not allowed to remove except for during sleep and wield metal swords and shields. They also usually ride on horses wearing plated or, rarely, chain barding, in which case they would be referred to as eques (singular: equis), but that term is outdated. "Knight" is on the list of imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks. A baronet (male) or, rarely, a baronetess (female), is a hereditary knight.