PALADIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paladin mean? 

• PALADIN (noun)
  The noun PALADIN has 1 sense:

1. someone who fights for a cause

  Familiarity information: PALADIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALADIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who fights for a cause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

champion; fighter; hero; paladin

Hypernyms ("paladin" is a kind of...):

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

 Context examples 

Pardieu! here is a paladin come over, with the Hampshire mud still sticking to his shoes.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Edricson and Terlake rode behind him in little better case, while Ford, a careless and light-hearted youth, grinned at the melancholy of his companions, and flourished his lord's heavy spear, making a point to right and a point to left, as though he were a paladin contending against a host of assailants.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)