Meaning

2 senses
  1. A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry.

    fahrender Ritter

    стра́нствующий ры́царьstránstvujuščij rýcarʹ

    a wandering knight travelling in search of adventure

  2. A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit.

    fahrender Ritter, Don Quichote, Abenteuerlustiger

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
knight:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
knight:
person:

Forms

plural: knights-errant

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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