Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In Arthurian legend, a Knight of the Round Table whose love affair with Queen Guinevere resulted in a war with King Arthur.
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- proper noun Arthurian legend One of the
knights of theround table , a lover ofGuinevere . - proper noun A male
given name .
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- noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Illustration: LANCELOT COMES OUT OF GUENEVERE'S ROOM] 'Nay, Lancelot,' said the Queen, 'I will never live after your days, but if you are slain I will take my death as meekly as ever did any
The Book of Romance Andrew Lang 1878
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Lancelot is waiting where I left him the last time.
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Her question, essentially, was "why would Guinevere even be interested in Lancelot when her husband is already both handsome and noble."
Archive 2005-08-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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Her question, essentially, was "why would Guinevere even be interested in Lancelot when her husband is already both handsome and noble."
New Broom Sweeps Clean Richard Nokes 2005
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Looking at me with conscious eyes, he calls me 'Lancelot' -- my father's name.
The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
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; -)) (Also, for those who keep track, Martin Lancelot Bourée duh-duh-duh-duh-DUH-duh Barre was down to one middle name for the duration of this particular show.
he feels the piston scraping -- steam breaking on his brow -- skzbrust 2007
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But I’m certain they made use of the Geass mecha (Lancelot, is it?) in earlier eps.
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And when she had gone [44] a good way, she called Lancelot a little way off the road and said to him very kindly, "King's son, [45] how wast thou so bold as to call Lionel thy cousin? for he _is_ a king's son, and of not
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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She thinks she will call Lancelot by name, and is about to do so when she is deterred by hearing from the tower a voice which was making a marvellously sad moan as it called on death.
Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914
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And "Joyous Gard!" shouted the children, their voices echoing merrily among the trees, and spreading away, till Rose, the romantic, wondered if some faint tone of it might not reach a pale shade called Lancelot du
Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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