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knight_errantry
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[ noun ] quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)His addle-brained knight-errant , self appointed to the ridiculous position in an age when armor had already been relegated to museums and the chivalrous code of knight-errantry had become a joke , is , as Cervantes no_doubt intended , a gaunt but gracious symbol of good , moving soberly and sincerely in a world of cynics , hypocrites and rogues . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medieval) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry
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