knight-errantry
knight-errantry noun: the character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.
Noun
knight-errantry (countable and uncountable, plural knight-errantries)
- The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.
- Chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
- Virtue is knight-errantry no more1742–1745, [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
Forms of knight-errantry
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Questions about knight-errantry
- What does knight-errantry mean?
- Knight-errantry means the character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures.
- What part of speech is knight-errantry?
- Knight-errantry is a noun.
- What is the plural of knight-errantry?
- The plural of knight-errantry is knight-errantries.
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