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knight-er·rant <pl knights-errant> [ˌnaɪtˈerənt] N

knight-errant

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He decides to sally forth as a knight-errant in search of adventure. en.wikipedia.org

This production is known for its dazzling choreography (with some pseudo knight-errant antics thrown in for good measure). www.postcity.com

He's also a knight-errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk

The story illustrates how a worthy knight-errant was supposed to wander about defeating opponents in honorable combat. en.wikipedia.org

A burly, broad-shouldered man with full, square, black beard over his chest, his arm in a sling, his bearing a medieval knight-errant. en.wikipedia.org

It is almost always defeated by a daring prince or knight-errant. en.wikipedia.org

He was trying to recapture his youth, the spirit of the knight-errant. en.wikipedia.org

He becomes a knight-errant wearing, appropriately, a burning pestle on his shield. en.wikipedia.org

In the figure of the knight-errant, the artist finds everlasting symbols. en.wikipedia.org

The damsel in distress was an archetypal character of medieval romances, where typically she was rescued from imprisonment in a tower of a castle by a knight-errant. en.wikipedia.org

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