Dictionary

paladin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpælədɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Palātium Latin palātium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Late Latin palātīnus Italian paladinobor. French paladinbor. English paladin Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace officer”), derived from palātium (“palace”). Doublet of palatine.

Meanings

1. A heroic champion, especially a knight.
   • For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code. 2014 July 15, Theck, “TC101: Intro to Theorycrafting”, in Sacred Duty, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2025:
   • Below are the results of a multi-actor simulation containing a bunch of paladins with slightly different L75 and L100 talents. 2014 November 12, Theck, “Paladinning in Warlords of Draenor”, in Sacred Duty, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2025:
2. A defender or advocate of a noble cause.
3. Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.

Forms

Deriveds

archpaladin

Translations (37)

es paladín (heroic champion) · ca paladí (heroic champion) · fr paladin (heroic champion) · de Fürsprecher (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · mk па́ладин (heroic champion) · de Paladin (heroic champion) · ota قوچاق (heroic champion) · el ιππότης (heroic champion) · ga palaidín (heroic champion) · ota پهلوان (heroic champion) · io paladino (heroic champion) · la pugnatrix (heroic champion) · it paladina (heroic champion) · es defensor (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · nl paladijn (heroic champion) · sh paladin (heroic champion) · sl paladin (heroic champion) · de Beschützer (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · ota آلپ (heroic champion) · es paladín (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · mk хра́брец (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · cs paladin (heroic champion) · el παλαδίνος (heroic champion) · ca paladí (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · yue 聖騎士 /圣骑士 (heroic champion) · ota قهرمان (heroic champion) · pt paladino (heroic champion) · cmn 圣骑士 (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · it paladino (heroic champion) · fi paladiini (heroic champion) · pl paladyn (heroic champion) · de Vorkämpfer (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · de Verfechter (defender or advocate of a noble cause) · ru паладин (heroic champion) · fr paladins (heroic champion) · ota یكیت (heroic champion) · la pugnator (heroic champion)