PALADIN (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Paladin' or 'paladine' is a title given to certain officials and knights of high rank in Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church, and in various other instances. Other variants derived from the same root include 'palatine' and 'palatinus' (plural 'palatini').

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Title

Geography

Fiction

Other

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Title

★ Count palatine, vice-regal office-bearers in Germany such as the Pfalzgraf and Herzog

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★ Voivode, a governor in Polish sometimes translated as Count palatine

★ Palatinus (Roman Catholic Church), certain high officials of the papal court

★ Palatine (Kingdom of Hungary), the vice-regent of Hungary, second in power only to the King

★ The holder of a county palatine, northern counties/duchies in England

Geography

★ Rhineland-Palatinate, one of the 16 states of modern Germany (''länder'')

★ Electoral Palatinate, a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire, with the count palatine an elector of the HRE

★ Palatine Hill, center most of the seven hills of Rome

★ Tavola dei Paladini, a temple near Metapontum, Italy dating from 570 to 480 BC where, according to legend, Pythagoras died.

★ Palatine, Illinois, a town near Chicago

★ Palatine, New York, a town in central New York settled by emigrant Germans

★ Palatine Bridge, New York, a village in central New York settled by emigrant Germans

★ Palatine, Ireland, a hamlet in County Carlow [1]

Fiction

★ Paladin#Fiction, a heroic archetype from the medieval ''chanson de geste'' genre, an early embodiment of chivalry

★ Paladin (character class), a character class or unit type in many role-playing video games, generally a holy knight

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★ Paladin (Dungeons & Dragons)

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★ Paladin (World of Warcraft)

★ ''Paladin'' (role-playing game)

★ ''The Paladin'', a 1988 fantasy novel by C. J. Cherryh

★ ''The Paladin'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Brian Garfield with Christopher Creighton

★ Paladin (comics), a Marvel Comics character

★ Paladin, the protagonist of the 1950s American television series ''Have Gun — Will Travel''

★ Paladine (Dragonlance), a deity in the ''Dragonlance'' fantasy universe

★ James "Paladin" Taggart, a character from the ''Wing Commander'' game series

Other

★ Nissan Paladin, a sport utility vehicle

★ The Paladins, a roots-rock or rockabilly band from San Diego, California circa 1981

★ M109 PALADIN, or M109 howitzer, a piece of artillery

★ Palatine bone, a bone etymologically unrelated (from palate)

★ Apple Paladin, an all-in-one computer, phone, scanner, and fax machine produced by Apple Computer.

★ German Palatines, emigrants from the Palatinate region of Germany around 1710

See also

★ Palatinate