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• Knights Errant (disambiguation) — * A knight errant is knight who is on a quest or errand. * knights errant is a form of solitaire. * The Knights Errant are a group bloggers dedicated to improving at chess using methods discussed by Michael De La Maza. The Knights Errant FAQ can… …   Wikipedia

• Knights-errant — Knight errant Knight er rant, n.; pl. {Knight errants}, or {Knights errant}. A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Errant — A knight, usually a bachelier, who departs to seek adventure and thus earn renown and possibly riches so that he might settle, marry, and earn his living. In history most errants would pursue wars or tournaments as the chief methods by which they …   Medieval glossary

• Knight-errant — A knight errant (plural knights errant ) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. Errant, meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the knight errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to prove himself as a… …   Wikipedia

• Chinese knight-errant — The Chinese knight errant or Yóuxiá (Traditional: 游俠 Simplified: 游侠) was a type of chivalrous hero, similar to Europe s Knight errant, which came into existence during the Han Dynasty and disappeared during the Qing Dynasty. BackgroundYouxia… …   Wikipedia

• knight errant — noun (pl knights errant) 1. A knight who travelled in search of adventures 2. A man or boy who behaves adventurously or chivalrously • • • Main Entry: ↑knight * * * ˌknight ˈerrant 7 [knight errant] …   Useful english dictionary

• Knight Errant — A knight who has gone to earn renown in wars, tournaments, jousts, or through adventures encountered in wandering travels. The knight errant was largely a figure of romance, but young knights in the middle ages did have a great need for such… …   Medieval glossary

• knighthood-errant — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : knights errant * * * knighthood errˈant noun (Tennyson) The body of knights errant • • • Main Entry: ↑knight …   Useful english dictionary

• knight-errant — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms knight errant : singular knight errant plural knights errant humorous a man who arrives and helps you …   English dictionary

• Knight-errant — Knight er rant, n.; pl. {Knight errants}, or {Knights errant}. A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• knight-errant — [nīt′er′ənt] n. pl. knights errant 1. a medieval knight wandering in search of adventures, esp. ones allowing him to redress wrongs or show his prowess 2. a chivalrous or quixotic person …   English World dictionary