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Child usually compares Reacher to the knights-errant who wandered Europe in the Middle Ages, or the samurais of ancient Japan.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

"Your Highness" - The knights-errant - strong emphasize on the errant - behind this adventure comedy spend more time wallowing in medieval filth than weaving clever laughs and engaging action.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2011

The knights-errant - strong emphasis on the errant - behind the adventure comedy "Your Highness" spend more time wallowing in medieval filth than weaving clever laughs and engaging action.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2011

So when he puts two old men on a bench in I'm Not Rappaport, it is not surprising that they are engaging codgers, inspired liars, tattered but gallant knights-errant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paris became the centre of a sceptical society, which the decrees of bishops and councils, and the enthusiasm of the orthodox doctors and knights-errant of Catholicism, were powerless to extinguish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various