Meaning

3 senses
  1. A heroic champion, especially a knight.

    Paladin

    паладинpaladin

  2. A defender or advocate of a noble cause.

    Beschützer, Vorkämpfer, Fürsprecher

    someone who fights for a cause

  3. Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I'm a rogue and Tom is a paladin.

    ruЯ разбойник, а Том паладин.

    deIch bin ein Schurke und Tom ist ein Paladin.

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  2. Tom is a paladin.

    ruТом - странствующий рыцарь.

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  3. Tom's character is a paladin.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
heroic champion:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
heroic champion:
defender or advocate of a noble cause:

Origin

Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace of

Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace officer”), derived from palātium (“palace”). Doublet of palatine.

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Forms

plural: paladins
Singularpaladin
Pluralpaladins

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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