white knight
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1890–95
1890–95
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| white knight | |
| —n | |
| a champion or rescuer, esp a person or organization that rescues a company from financial difficulties, an unwelcome takeover bid, etc | |
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White knight
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
But an unlikely white knight happened to live next door.
Kodak's stock rose accordingly in anticipation of a white knight around the corner.
But he maintains that his emergence as a whistle-blowers' white knight was anything but calculated.
If the target is going to lose, they capitulate or find an alternative white knight acquirer beforehand.
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