why is the knight not called a horse

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Avatar of marukat
Tell me why
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Idk. It's technically a horse. I guess English logic.

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Because they wanted to

Avatar of RchouDchou
Please stick to the bumping rules. But I think it is call a knight because most knights ride horses.
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I call it the Calvary 😔
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Cause of the nights travel on horses
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asking this is like asking, "why isn't the king called a crown?"
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Why isn’t the pawn called a foot soldier
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Medieval period King,Queen so Knights I guess as single horse can't do a damn thing in war without a rider

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The knight is literally an L piece
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I always called it a horse
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well sometimes we call it a horsie