"knight-errant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: knights-errant [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|knights-errant}} knight-errant (plural knights-errant)
  1. A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry. Categories (topical): Male, People, Stock characters Translations (knight): странстващ рицар (stranstvašt ricar) (Bulgarian), cavaller errant [masculine] (Catalan), 俠客 (Chinese Mandarin), 侠客 (xiákè) (Chinese Mandarin), 劍俠 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑侠 (jiànxiá) (Chinese Mandarin), 俠士 (Chinese Mandarin), 侠士 (xiáshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 豪俠 (Chinese Mandarin), 豪侠 (háoxiá) (Chinese Mandarin), 武俠 (Chinese Mandarin), 武侠 (wǔxiá) (Chinese Mandarin), 游俠 (Chinese Mandarin), 游侠 (yóuxiá) (Chinese Mandarin), vaganta kavaliro (Esperanto), migranta kavaliro (Esperanto), vaeltava ritari (Finnish), chevalier errant [masculine] (French), მოხეტიალე რაინდი (moxeṭiale raindi) (Georgian), fahrender Ritter [masculine] (German), kóbor lovag (Hungarian), chevalier errant [masculine] (Middle French), błędny rycerz [masculine] (Polish), cavaleiro andante [masculine] (Portuguese), cavaleiro errante [masculine] (Portuguese), стра́нствующий ры́царь (stránstvujuščij rýcarʹ) [masculine] (Russian), caballero andante [masculine] (Spanish), gezgin şövalye (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-knight-errant-en-noun-~wqqYYZa Disambiguation of Male: 91 9 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms where the adjective follows the noun, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'knight': 100 0
  2. A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit. Categories (topical): People Translations (person): seikkailunhaluinen henkilö (Finnish), seikkailumielinen henkilö (Finnish), fahrender Ritter [masculine] (German), Don Quichote [masculine] (German), Abenteuerlustiger [masculine] (German), Abenteuerlustige [feminine] (German), błędny rycerz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-knight-errant-en-noun-3kzI3ypb Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): English terms where the adjective follows the noun Disambiguation of English terms where the adjective follows the noun: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'person': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knight errant, knight-erratic Derived forms: knight-errantry

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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Don Quichote"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abenteuerlustiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abenteuerlustige"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "błędny rycerz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knight-errant"
}

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