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.

• Travelling
  of Travel
• KNIGHTERRATIC
  Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. [R.] Quart. Rev.
• Knighting
  of Knight
• Knightliness
  The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.
• Searching
  of Search
• KNIGHTMARSHAL
  An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
• Knightage
  To body of knights, taken collectively.
• Traveler
  One who travels; one who has traveled much.
• KNIGHTSERVICE
  A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
• Adventuresome
  Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
• Knights bachelors
  of Knight bachelor
• Knight marshal
  An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.
• Searchable
  Capable of being searched.
• Travel-tainted
  Harassed; fatigued with travel.
• KNIGHTSFEE
  The fee of a knight; specif., the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a hide or less, sometimes six or more hides.
• Adventuress
  A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
• 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.

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