Meanings
plural paladins
- A heroic champion, especially a knight.
Below are the results of a multi-actor simulation containing a bunch of paladins with slightly different L75 and L100 talents.
2014 November 12, Theck, “Paladinning in Warlords of Draenor”, in Sacred Duty, archived from the original on 03 Sep 20251 more example
For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code.
2014 July 15, Theck, “TC101: Intro to Theorycrafting”, in Sacred Duty, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2025 - Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- LatinPalātium
- Latinpalātium
- Late Latinpalātīnus
- Italianpaladino
- Frenchpaladin
- Englishpaladin
Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace officer”), derived from palātium (“palace”). Doublet of palatine.
More words from Italian, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan paladí, paladí
- paladíheroic champion
- paladídefender or advocate of a noble cause
Chinese Cantonese 聖騎士 /圣骑士
- 聖騎士 /圣骑士 (sing³ ke⁴ si⁶)heroic champion
Chinese Mandarin 圣骑士
- 圣骑士 (shèngqíshì)defender or advocate of a noble cause
Czech paladin
- paladinheroic champion
Dutch paladijn
- paladijnheroic champion
Finnish paladiini
- paladiiniheroic champion
French paladin, paladins
- paladinheroic champion
- paladinsheroic champion
German Paladin, Beschützer
- Paladinheroic champion
- Beschützerdefender or advocate of a noble cause
- Vorkämpferdefender or advocate of a noble cause
- Fürsprecherdefender or advocate of a noble cause
- Verfechterdefender or advocate of a noble cause
Greek ιππότης, παλαδίνος
- ιππότης (ippótis)heroic champion
- παλαδίνος (paladínos)heroic champion
Irish palaidín
- palaidínheroic champion
Italian paladino, paladina
- paladinoheroic champion
- paladinaheroic champion
Latin pugnator, pugnatrix
- pugnatorheroic champion
- pugnatrixheroic champion
Polish paladyn
- paladynheroic champion
Portuguese paladino
- paladinoheroic champion
Russian паладин
- паладин (paladin)heroic champion
Spanish paladín, paladín
- paladínheroic champion
- paladíndefender or advocate of a noble cause
- defensordefender or advocate of a noble cause
Cite this entry
paladin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paladin
“paladin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paladin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paladin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paladin.
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