What does knight errantry mean?

knight errantry means "quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for knight errantry?

Close synonyms include quixotism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is knight errantry a common word?

knight errantry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

knight errantry — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
Synonymsquixotism
Broaderidealism
2.
(Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry
Broadercode of conduct
Middle Ages

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What does knight errantry mean?: knight errantry means "quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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