noun. The condition of traveling or roving about, especially in search of adventure.

noun. A wandering; a roving or rambling about.

noun. The condition or way of life of a knight errant. See knight-errantry.

noun. A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.

noun. The employment of a knight-errant.

noun. The state of roving in search of chivalrous adventure

"No sooner therefore was she determined to take the first opportunity of quitting the protection of her husband, than she resolved to cast herself under the protection of some other man; and whom could she so properly choose to be her guardian as a person of quality, of fortune, of honour; and who, besides a gallant disposition which inclines men to knight-errantry, that is, to be the champions of ladies in distress, had often declared a violent attachment to herself, and had already given her all the instances of it in his power?"

Marshall  banneret  borderer  cannoneer  chaperonage  

Wanderjahr  aberrancy  aberration  afoot and lighthearted  bend