Excerpt from the novel 'king Leopold's Ghost:
'' he seemed to me one of the finest-looking creatures I had ever seen; and his countenance had charm and distinction and a high chivalry. Knight errant he was''
2007-01-07 03:57:33 · 4 answers · asked by snowy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. "Errant" meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the knight-errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to prove himself as a knight, such as in a pas d'Armes.
The first known appearance of the term "knight-errant" was in the 14th century Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where Sir Gawain arrives at the castle of Sir Bercilak de Haudesert after long journeys, and Sir Bercilak goes to welcome the "knygt erraunt."
2007-01-07 04:00:53 · answer #1 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is more or less the same thing as a "knight in shining armor."
knight-errant (nÄ«t'Är'Ént)
n., pl. knights-errant (nīts'-).
1. A knight, often portrayed in medieval romances, who wanders in search of adventures to prove his chivalry.
2. One given to adventurous or quixotic conduct.
2007-01-07 12:03:26 · answer #2 · answered by Noner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Errant, in this instance, means "a wanderer in search of adventure".
2007-01-07 12:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight-errant
2007-01-07 12:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋