The word of the day is 'Paladin'

[Ambrus]

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2005/12/14.html

This just struck me as neat. Though the examples hardly seem to qualify as what I think of as paladins. :\

 

[Scorpionfolke]

I wonder what bill clinton had to do to atone to get his paladinhood back? purify his +5 stoagie?

 

[devilish]

I just noticed this too as I logged onto my Google page -- nice to have the
etymology :

Paladin derives from Late Latin palatinus, "an officer of the palace," from Latin palatium, "royal residence, palace," from Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, on which Augustus had his residence.

 

[Wombat]

Seems about right.

When I hear "paladin", I think of, in order...

1) The Paladins/Peers of Charlemagne (Roland, Ogier the Dane, etc.)
2) "Have Gun, Will Travel"
3) the D&D character class

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Makes me think of Dragonlance (Paladine).