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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

Rootless, quixotic, warped by an anti-childhood in Holocaust Europe, they traverse the American landscape like knights-errant on a futile search for purpose.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I mean, sir," cried Don Lorenzo, "that I doubt whether there are now, or ever were, any knights-errant, especially with so many rare accomplishments."

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de