knight errant
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless, he is regarded by some in the astronomy community as a knight-errant, tilting at windmills.
From Scientific American
The Aug. 16 Style article “A knight-errant looking to right the ways of the wind” illuminated the president’s views — at best, those of a Luddite — on the status of wind generation worldwide.
From Washington Post
Lots of shoes are practical, but only this one was worn by the cowboy: an American folk hero, a knight-errant figure with world-wide appeal.
He tells his longtime fan David Remnick that his all-American tough guy is a modern-day knight-errant wandering the land doing good deeds.
From The New Yorker
Maybe the film’s drab visuals are appropriate for the story of someone who thinks he’s a heroic knight-errant but is actually a deluded old man who uses kitchenware for armour.
From Economist
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