white knight

• white-knight, whiteknight (for verb only)

white knight (plural white knights)

1. (business) An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
2. (fiction) a hero, savior, or righteous individual
3. (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
   1. (informal, derogatory) A man who defends a woman in debate etc. in an attempt to gain her favour.

white knight (third-person singular simple present white knights, present participle white knighting, simple past and past participle white knighted)

1. (figuratively, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone.

• (fiction): black knight

• black knight
• knight in shining armor
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