WHITE KNIGHT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("white knight" is a kind of...):

company (an institution created to conduct business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white knight"):

white squire (a white knight that buys less than a majority interest)