Usually means: Wandering knight seeking adventures, justice.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 23 dictionaries that define the word knight-errant:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. knight-errant: Merriam-Webster
  2. knight-errant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. knight-errant: Vocabulary.com
  4. knight-errant: Wordnik
  5. knight-errant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. knight-errant: Wiktionary
  7. knight-errant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. knight-errant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. knight-errant: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Knight-errant, knight-errant: Dictionary.com
  11. Knight-errant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Knight-errant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. knight-errant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. knight-errant: Rhymezone
  15. Knight-errant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. knight-errant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. knight-errant: FreeDictionary.org
  18. knight-errant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. knight-errant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knight-errant: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knight-errant: Encyclopedia

(Note: See knight-errants as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry.
noun:  A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit.

Similar:

Opposite:

Words similar to knight-errant

Usage examples for knight-errant

Idioms related to knight-errant

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing knight-errant

Words that often appear near knight-errant

Rhymes of knight-errant

Invented words related to knight-errant

Similar:

Opposite:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux