рыцарь

Borrowed from Polish rycerz, from Middle High German ritter; compare German Ritter. The form is influenced by царь (carʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɨt͡sərʲ]

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ры́царь • (rýcarʹ) m anim (genitive ры́царя, nominative plural ры́цари, genitive plural ры́царей, relational adjective ры́царский)

1. knight (a medieval Western European nobleman serving as an armored and mounted warrior; a person on whom knighthood has been conferred)

   посвяща́ть (кого́-либо) в ры́цари ― posvjaščátʹ (kovó-libo) v rýcari ― to knight (someone)

   стра́нствующий ры́царь ― stránstvujuščij rýcarʹ ― knight-errant

2. (figurative) knight, cavalier, gallant (a brave and chivalrous man)

• The term ры́царь (rýcarʹ) is strongly associated with a Western European context. For non-Western European knight-like warriors, see ви́тязь (vítjazʹ).

• кавале́р (kavalér)

• ры́царь без стра́ха и упрёка (rýcarʹ bez stráxa i uprjóka)
• ры́царский (rýcarskij)
• ры́царство (rýcarstvo)
• ры́царствовать (rýcarstvovatʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рыцарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress