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paladin
[ pal-uh-din ]
noun
- any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- any knightly or heroic champion.
- any determined advocate or defender of a noble cause.
paladin
/ ˈpælədɪn /
noun
- one of the legendary twelve peers of Charlemagne's court
- a knightly champion
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Origin of paladin1
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Example Sentences
Samara is this universe’s approximation of a paladin, a Justicar.
In the words of Shondo, a professional cage fighter turned Paladin, “It was my fate to embark on this journey.”
He was a swaggerer and behaved as badly as any paladin, but he was not a buffo.
Faith, a paladin, a deliverer of oppressed damsels, a very carnival masquerader!
Paladin, pal′a-din, n. one of the twelve peers of Charlemagne's household: a knight-errant, or paragon of knighthood.
The reply of Chaumont was worthy of a paladin of Ancient France.
I thought I was looking at the deeds of some modern Paladin, but now it is all accounted for.
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