Definition of Camelot

1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there.

Category relationships: Arthurian Legend
Generic synonyms: Capital

Definition of Camelot

1. n. See Camelet.

Definition of Camelot

1. Proper noun. The stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Camelot

1. a hawker [n -S] - See also: hawker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camelot

Cambro-Briton
Cambro-Britons
Cambs
Cambyses
Camden
Camdenite
Camdenites
CamelCase
Camelidae
Camelina
Camelina sativa
Camellia State
Camellia japonica
Camellia sinensis
Camelopardalis
Camelot (current term)
Camelus
Camelus bactrianus
Camelus dromedarius
Camembert
Cameron
Cameronian
Cameronians
Cameronite
Cameronites
Cameroon
Cameroon franc
Cameroonian
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Cameroonians

Literary usage of Camelot

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

1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"And when she came to Camelot, King Arthur and Queen Guenever said, and all the knights, that Dame Elaine was the fairest and the best beseen lady that ever ..."

2. The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances which Recount the Noble and by Thomas Malory, Ernest Rhys, Rasmus Björn Anderson (1907)
""As for that," said the other knight, "I have brought a remedy with me, that is the greatest poison that ever ye heard speak of, and to Camelot will I with ..."

3. The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur by Howard Pyle (1910)
"Chapter Sixth Sir Launcelot brings the Queen to King Arthur at Camelot. ... SO the King went to Camelot, and upon the third day the Queen was brought to him ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1887)
"It will be prized by those who are devoted to industrial art and may also suggest some things in the line of house decoration. Tie Camelot Classics—Great ..."

5. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1882)
"The bridle-bells rang merrily, As he rode down to Camelot; And, from his blazoned baldric slung, A mighty silver bugle hung; And as he rode his armor rung, ..."

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