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Meanings of errantry in English

Aimless wandering or drifting in its literal and figural sense, esp. in art and literature.

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Examples for "drifting"
Examples for "drifting"
1
A couple years ago, though, I started drifting toward a more-sauce-less-pasta approach.
The food matters cookbook: 500 revolutionary recipes for better ...
2
Something strange happened, and the group shifted direction, drifting north and west.
Dreadnought
3
The migrants were drifting on an inflatable raft in the Mediterranean sea.
Radio NZ
4
While Labour's vote collapsed, the Conservative vote has been gently drifting downwards.
The Guardian
5
He could hear his mother's words drifting out of the living room.
The stand
Usage of errantry in English
1
Hence an adventure happened which is almost unexampled in tales of knight-errantry.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1
2
This elderly New-Englander had in him none of the spirit of knight-errantry.
The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
3
Of a sudden there came an adventure which gave opening for knight-errantry.
Overland: A Novel
4
The great psychological moment of Sydney Lord's life for knight-errantry had arrived.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
5
He had not come without some sensation of romance in his knight-errantry.
What Necessity Knows
6
This was the end of our long ride, our aspirations, our knight-errantry!
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
7
So, then, long live knight-errantry beyond everything living on earth this day!
Don Quixote
8
In 1095, after the preaching errantry of Peter the Hermit, Pope Urban II.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
9
And one purpose Cervantes had was to laugh a tawdry knight-errantry off the stage.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
10
But I hope this knight-errantry will not grow to be a habit with me.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
11
His conquests were conducted on what might almost be called principles of knight errantry.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
12
He burned with shame to think what a pitiful failure his knight-errantry had been.
The Haunted Bookshop
13
Here a man may take to the forest roads in the old spirit of errantry.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
14
Since his adventure in knight-errantry Christopher Parish had suffered terrible alternations of hope and despair.
The Town Traveller
15
Of course, to a gentleman of my knight-errantry, that was sufficient to fire my blood.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
16
Love, like knight-errantry, puts all things on a level.
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
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Frequent collocations
Errantry through the time
Errantry across language varieties
United Kingdom
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