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Noun: knight errantry
  1. Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behaviour
    - quixotism
     
  2. (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry

Derived forms: knight errantries

Type of: code of behavior, code of conduct, idealism

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