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knight errant
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Knight Errant
A wandering knight; one who went about in quest of adventures.
Etymology: chevalier errant.
Like a bold knight errant did proclaim
Combat to all, and bore away the dame. John Denham.The ancient errant knights
Won all their mistresses in fights;
They cut whole giants into fritters,
To put them into am’rous twitters. Hudibras.
Etymology and Origins
Knight Errant
One who went forth in quest of adventures, more particularly to win the admiration of fair ladies, by rescuing them, in common with the weak and oppressed, from the feudal lords whose rapacity in those barbarous ages knew no bounds. The word errant, like its modern equivalent errand, was derived from the Latin errare, to wander. It was in ridicule of this system of knight-errantry that Cervantes wrote his immortal romance “Don Quixote.”
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knight errant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knight errant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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