knights errant
Roaming armored adventurers
Knights errant were medieval knights who wandered in search of adventures—rescuing maidens, slaying dragons, righting wrongs.
The term appears mostly in romances and chivalric literature: Don Quixote styled himself a knight errant.
Figuratively, anyone pursuing idealistic quests with perhaps excessive zeal: Silicon Valley knights errant chasing the next world-changing idea.
The plural is knights errant, not knight errants.
- steedSpirited riding horse
- GalahadIdeal of noble purity
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- Arthurian legendBritish medieval king mythology
- questSeeking journey for something
Don Quixote · Holy Grail · courtly love · sworn oath · noble quest · condottiere · medieval · code of chivalry · ronin · Excalibur · trial by combat · dragon slayer · Camelot · grail quest · jousting · Parsifal · armor · privateer
- chevalierspaladins, crusaders, cavaliers, caballeros, champions
- knighthoodTemplars, accolade, dubbing, dames, squire
- chivalric romancequests, Lancelot, chivalry, Gawain, King Arthur
- Medieval Groupscrusaders, Templars, Normans, Saxons, Vikings
- medieval warriorssoldiers, warriors, fighters, archers, spearmen
- seekersseekers, seeker, treasure hunters, searcher, fortune seekers
knights errantsentinels
Guards keeping watch
gatekeepers · wardens · watchmen · home guard · men-at-arms
knights errantmercenaries
Soldiers paid to fight
sellswords · soldiers of fortune · men-at-arms · brigands · robber barons
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