knight-errantry

noun

The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.

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Meanings

nounknight-errantry (countable and uncountable, plural knight-errantries)

plural knight-errantries

  1. countableuncountableThe character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.
  2. countableuncountableChivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.

    Virtue is knight-errantry no more

    1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC
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APA

knight-errantry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knight-errantry

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Chicago

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