1Any of the twelve peers of Charlemagne's court, of whom the Count Palatine was the chief.

1. 1.1 A knight renowned for heroism and chivalry.
   英勇侠义的骑士
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Inside six paladins stood around a table with a map of the city.
   • When she is forced to flee back to Asia, she is followed by Orlando, who is himself followed in turn by other paladins.
   • I am Sir Theron and she is Lady Ariane, we are paladins, and deserve the title we earned.
   • The table remained quiet for a few moments, and a wave of uneasiness flowed between the two paladins.
   • The English recovered most of western Gascony, but in July 1453 a French army defeated Talbot at Castillon and Talbot himself, a paladin greatly admired by French and English alike, was killed.
   • He was also standing among a war party of almost thirty knights, paladins, and mages.
   • Hurrath is known as the White King because his tendency to use diplomatic methods to gain villages and how his finest men are trained to become paladins.
   • Within the fraction of a second it took the other paladins to realise that their companion was dead, the trio was on them.
   • She stood firm as she watched some of the paladins she knew lower her father's body into a grave, this would be the last time she would ever look upon his face.
   • Since he could not be everywhere, especially in the continuous crisis of wartime, Hitler had to encourage self-reliance and independence, both in his paladins and in the regional chieftains, the Gauleiter.
   • He would tell them epic tales of noble knights, paladins, warriors, and samurai.
   • She looked over to Mitsos, ‘I thought paladins were good and fought for what was right, and were compassionate and courteous.’
   • I have to say that I haven't met many female paladins, is it hard for a woman to become one?

   Synonyms

   chevalier, cavalier, cavalryman, horseman, equestrian