knight errant
Example Sentences
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By the 1980s, it had become their Holy Grail, and Bob Enea — nephew of Tony Berry, who piloted the boat through the Sea of Cortez — was their knight errant.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
It helps that he’s cast Jonathan Pryce as his Don Quixote—or rather, as a shoemaker named Javier, who came to believe he truly was the knight errant after starring in Toby’s film.
From Slate • May 21, 2018
In Bruno he has given us a knight errant, a casually chivalrous wanderer in search of his place on earth.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2016
Bloomberg remains, in effect, a billionaire knight errant.
From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2015
He wants to brag about this encounter, like a knight errant bragging about his coolness as he unscrews the spike from the monster’s heart and breathes life back into the fiery nostrils.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
