Definition of Arthurian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Partainyms: Arthur
Derivative terms: Arthur

Definition of Arthurian

1. a. Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.

Definition of Arthurian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arthurian

Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Robert Ashe
Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Schlesinger
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Symons
Arthur Tappan
Arthur Tatum
Arthur Wellesley
Arthurian (current term)
Arthurian legend
Arthus phenomenon
Arthus reaction
Articles of Confederation
Artie
Artie Shaw
Artinian
Artium Baccalaurens
Artium Magister
Artocarpus
Artocarpus altilis
Artocarpus communis
Artocarpus heterophyllus
Artocarpus odoratissima

Literary usage of Arthurian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1922)
"For an adequate treatment of the equally interesting subject of the Arthurian stories in Brittany I have not the necessary materials at hand as yet. ..."

2. A Guide to the Middle English Metrical Romances Dealing with English and by Anna Hunt Billings (1901)
"THE Arthurian LEGENDS. GENERAL REFERENCES. The bibliographies in Grb'ber, 485, ... The views of different scholars in regard to the origin of the Arthurian ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"THE Arthurian LEGENDS IN TENNYSON. Middle Ages are sometimes spoken of as the ... The Arthurian cycle, in particular, became a kind of nucleus around which ..."

4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"IN this study, which, though dealing with the fairy element in Arthurian tales in general, is more especially concerned with the nature and evolution of ..."

5. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"The question whether Wales or Brittany gave birth to the older and rougher forms of Arthurian romance I think Birthplace ..,. ..."

6. An Introduction to English Medieval Literature by Charles Sears Baldwin (1914)
"(c) THE GRAIL LEGEND IN THE Arthurian CYCLE * But the most popular of all romantic legends and the one which added most, perhaps, to the vitality of the ..."

7. A Summary of the Literatures of Modern Europe: (England, France, Germany by Marian Edwardes (1907)
"For the origin of the French Romances, see Introductory note, "Arthurian Cycle," ... The tale of Tristan was not originally attached to the Arthurian Cycle. ..."

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