Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A knight, often portrayed in medieval romances, who wanders in search of adventures to prove his chivalry.
- noun One given to adventurous or quixotic conduct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
knight errant , under knight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun in medieval romance A knight who
wandered in search ofadventure and opportunities to prove hischivalry . - noun A person who displays an
adventurous or aquixotic spirit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure
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Examples
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Six feet two, and tipping the scales at 300 pounds, he was the knight-errant of Fleet Street -- "Sir Chesterton of Overroads," as Shaw also described him -- a journalist who went about London garbed in a slouch hat and cloak, sword stick in hand.
Kevin Belmonte: The Genius Of G.K. Chesterton: Understanding The Heart Of The Enduring Story Kevin Belmonte 2011
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Six feet two, and tipping the scales at 300 pounds, he was the knight-errant of Fleet Street -- "Sir Chesterton of Overroads," as Shaw also described him -- a journalist who went about London garbed in a slouch hat and cloak, sword stick in hand.
Kevin Belmonte: The Genius Of G.K. Chesterton: Understanding The Heart Of The Enduring Story Kevin Belmonte 2011
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His is a surprisingly thin-legged erring knight-errant, admittedly heavy of paunch, but also with the aquiline nose and glinting blue eyes of a true aristocrat, if more than past his prime and short on scruples.
Rodney Punt: The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tours Santa Monica's Broad Stage Rodney Punt 2010
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Six feet two, and tipping the scales at 300 pounds, he was the knight-errant of Fleet Street -- "Sir Chesterton of Overroads," as Shaw also described him -- a journalist who went about London garbed in a slouch hat and cloak, sword stick in hand.
Kevin Belmonte: The Genius Of G.K. Chesterton: Understanding The Heart Of The Enduring Story Kevin Belmonte 2011
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His is a surprisingly thin-legged erring knight-errant, admittedly heavy of paunch, but also with the aquiline nose and glinting blue eyes of a true aristocrat, if more than past his prime and short on scruples.
Rodney Punt: The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tours Santa Monica's Broad Stage Rodney Punt 2010
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His is a surprisingly thin-legged erring knight-errant, admittedly heavy of paunch, but also with the aquiline nose and glinting blue eyes of a true aristocrat, if more than past his prime and short on scruples.
Rodney Punt: The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tours Santa Monica's Broad Stage Rodney Punt 2010
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"With his powerful sense of justice, dogged determination and the physical and mental skills to overcome what to most would be overwhelming odds, Jack Reacher makes an irresistible modern knight-errant."
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English authors, too, have turned this subgenre to inspired use: Kate Atkinson's reluctant series-hero Jackson Brodie, encountered this year not only in "Started Early, Took My Dog" but also in three PBS-aired TV dramas, puts a beleaguered modern knight-errant in the context of a Whitbread-winning writer's brilliant contemporary novel.
And Then There Were Ten Tom Nolan 2011
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Displayed the will of a lion, yet conveyed a vulnerability generating unfamiliar knight-errant tendencies in him.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Displayed the will of a lion, yet conveyed a vulnerability generating unfamiliar knight-errant tendencies in him.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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