Paladin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paladin \Pal"a*din\, n. [F., fr.It. paladino, fr. L. palatinus
     an officer of the palace. See {Palatine}.]
     A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins
     of Charlemagne. --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paladin
       n : someone who fights for a cause [syn: {champion}, {fighter},
           {hero}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "paladin":
     Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, advocate,
     apologist, brave, bulldog, champion, chutzpanik, decorated hero,
     defender, demigod, demigoddess, fighting cock, gallant, gamecock,
     good soldier, guard, hero, heroine, lion, man of courage,
     protector, stalwart, supporter, the brave, tiger, upholder,
     valiant, valiant knight, vindicator