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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
* ''Errant'' is an antiquated term that refers to a traveling person, or one who is wandering. The | * ''Errant'' is an antiquated term that refers to a traveling person, or one who is wandering. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight-errant Knight errant] (wandering knight) is a stock character in chivalric romance. | ||
* The Japanese name, Yoroi no Kishi (よろいのきし), which directly means armoured horseback samurai (i.e. Japanese cavalrymen), but ''kishi'' is also used to mean "knight", especially in the style of the European middle ages. | * The Japanese name, Yoroi no Kishi (よろいのきし), which directly means armoured horseback samurai (i.e. Japanese cavalrymen), but ''kishi'' is also used to mean "knight", especially in the style of the European middle ages. | ||