Word Meanings - KNIGHT-ERRANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

Related words: (words related to KNIGHT-ERRANT)

• KNIGHTLESS
  Unbecoming a knight. "Knightless guile." Spenser.
• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• TRAVEL
  1. To labor; to travail. Hooker. 2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets. 3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health;
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• SEARCHLESS
  Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
• GENEROSITY
  1. Noble birth. Harris . 2. The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness. Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities. Barrow. 3. Liberality in giving; munificence. Syn.
• TRAVELER
  A traveling crane. See under Crane. (more info) 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much. 2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
• KNIGHT BANNERET
  A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field
• ADVENTURESS
  A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• PURPOSE
  1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• KNIGHT BACHELOR
  A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.
• WANDERINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• ADVENTURESOME
  Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
• SEARCHABLENESS
  Quality of being searchable.
• UNKNIGHT
  To deprive of knighthood. Fuller.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• ALE-KNIGHT
  A pot companion.
• INSEARCH
  To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.