A knight errant is a knight wandering in search of adventure. A wandering knight errant, the knight errant rode on, play the knight errant.
The errant means travelling rather than mistaken, though the two words look identical. Don Quixote is the great parody of the figure, and the phrase now describes anybody looking for a cause to rescue.
1nounknight errantA knight wandering in search of adventure.
“The old tale follows a knight errant who rides from land to land looking for dragons to fight.”
knight errant is a knight.
Practised in Myths & Legends, Fairy Tales & Folklore