knight-errant
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knight-errant
noun knights-errant · knight errant · knight-erratic
- A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry. In short, his wits being quite gone, [Don Quixote] hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he fancied it was right and requisite, as well for the support of his own honour as for the service of his country, that he should make a knight-errant of himse
- A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit. There's definitely something of the knight errant about her.
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noun knight
| Español | caballero andante |
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| 中文 | 游俠 /游侠 yóuxiá, 騎士 /骑士 |
| Português | cavaleiro andante, cavaleiro errante |
| Français | chevalier errant |
| Deutsch | fahrender Ritter |
| Русский | стра́нствующий ры́царь stránstvujuščij rýcarʹ |
noun person
| Deutsch | fahrender Ritter, Don Quichote, Abenteuerlustiger, Abenteuerlustige |
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@misc{knight_errant_2026,
title = {knight-errant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knight-errant},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
