A person who fought on horseback for a noble or king?

Question

A person who fought on horseback for a noble or king?

Answer 1

In English, a knight. German is Ritter, French is chevalier.

Answer 2

A Knight

Answer 3

Cavalry (from French cavalerie) were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat. Infantry who moved on horseback but dismounted to fight on foot were in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries known as dragoons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry

The principal duty of a knight was to fight as, and lead, heavy cavalry. A knight was expected to follow his master into battle, and attend to his master if the knight fell in battle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight

Answer 4

All men who fought on horseback were not knights.  There were

also squires and just plain men-at-arms.

Answer 5

You mean a KNIGHT?

Answer 6

chevalier