KNIGHT ERRANTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knight errantry mean? 

• KNIGHT ERRANTRY (noun)
  The noun KNIGHT ERRANTRY has 2 senses:

1. quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior

2. (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry

  Familiarity information: KNIGHT ERRANTRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNIGHT ERRANTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

knight errantry; quixotism

Hypernyms ("knight errantry" is a kind of...):

idealism (impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("knight errantry" is a kind of...):

code of behavior; code of conduct (a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group)

Domain category:

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)