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knight-errant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knight-errantnoun

   a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knight-errantnoun

   A knight who wandered in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry.

2. knight-errantnoun

   A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit.

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1. Knight-errant

   A knight-errant (or knight errant) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. The adjective errant (meaning "wandering, roving") indicates how the knight-errant would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his chivalric virtues, either in knightly duels (pas d'armes) or in some other pursuit of courtly love.

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1. knight-errant

   A knight-errant is typically a figure in medieval literature, such as chivalric romances. They are wandering knights who roam the land, often performing good deeds, engaging in quests, or searching for adventures. These knights are often portrayed as having a chivalrous code of honor, which may involve protecting the weak, rescuing damsels in distress, or fighting for a noble cause.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knight-errantnoun

   a wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity

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1. Knight-errant

   A knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. The adjective errant indicates how the knight-errant would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his chivalric virtues, either in knightly duels or in some other pursuit of courtly love. A Knight-errant is not a knight but a knight in waiting, a servant/messenger role in liege to a full knight or Prince. The template of the knight-errant are the heroes of the Round Table of the Arthurian cycle such as Gawain, Lancelot and Percival. The quest par excellance in pursuit of which these knights wander the lands is that of the Holy Grail, such as in Perceval, the Story of the Grail written by Chrétien de Troyes in the 1180s. Although the character is part of the romance genre as it developed during the late 12th century, the term "knight-errant" itself is younger, for the first time recorded in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Knight-errantry tales remain popular with courtly audiences throughout the Late Middle Ages. They are written in Middle French, in Middle English and in Middle German. In the 16th century, the genre becomes highly popular in the Iberian Peninsula, Amadis de Gaula was one of the most successful knight-errantry tales of this period. In Don Quixote, Cervantes satirizes the Amadis romances and their popularity. Tales of knight-errantry then fall out of fashion for two centuries, until they re-emerge in the form of the historical novel in Romanticism.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knight-errant

   A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of knight-errant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of knight-errant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knight-errant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knight-Errant
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight-Errant
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knight-errant
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=knight-errant
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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