Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun knight_templar
2 senses of knight templar
Sense 1
Knight Templar -- (a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States)
=> Freemason, Mason -- (a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love)
Sense 2
Knight Templar, Templar -- (a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher)
=> knight -- (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)