Knight Errant

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 travels, since they stood to inherit nothing if they were a younger son. These knights formed themselves into small companies of knights who hired themselves out in wars or competed in tournaments to earn the ransoms available for captured knights. Using their winnings and their reputations, they might be able to attract the attention of a lady or of a noble lord and thus secure their future.

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • 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 — 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

  • knight errant — n a knight in the past who travelled looking for adventure …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • knight errant — ► NOUN ▪ a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures …   English terms dictionary

  • knight-errant — noun count HUMOROUS a man who arrives and helps you …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 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

  • 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. knights errant why a knight who traveled in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalrous deeds, etc • Etymology: 1300–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • knight-errant — /nuyt er euhnt/, n., pl. knights errant. a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc. [1300 50; ME] * * * …   Universalium

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