Definitions from Wiktionary (white knight)
▸ noun: (business) An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
▸ noun: (fiction) A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
▸ noun: (figurative, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
▸ noun: (informal, derogatory, Internet) A man who defends a woman in debate etc. in an attempt to gain her favour.
▸ noun: A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
▸ verb: (figurative, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.
the white knight,
White Knight Chronicles,
Scaled Composites White Knight,
Scaled Composites White Knight Two,
White Knight Chronicles II,
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▸ noun: (business) An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
▸ noun: (fiction) A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
▸ noun: (figurative, derogatory) Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
▸ noun: (informal, derogatory, Internet) A man who defends a woman in debate etc. in an attempt to gain her favour.
▸ noun: A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
▸ verb: (figurative, derogatory) To unnecessarily defend someone, especially in an attempt to gain favour.
Similar:
takeover artist,
suitor,
raider,
knight in shining armor,
actionist,
corporate raider,
angel investor,
investomer,
mercenary,
privateer,
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