knight-errant meaning in English
n.
(pl. knights-errant)
1.(中世纪的)游侠骑士。
2.侠客，好汉。
Examples
- Balzac's is a dense and actual world; cooper's, by contrast, is a mythological place, where in earlier times the knight-errant might have performed .
巴尔扎克描写的是实实在在的世界，而库珀的只是神话中的世界，从前的骑士倒可以在那里一显身手。