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Definition of Lancelot

1. 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.

Definition of Lancelot

1. Proper noun. (context: Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the round table, a lover of Guinevere. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Germanic male given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancelot

Literary usage of Lancelot

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

1. Le Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory (1891)
"The long conversation between Lancelot and the hermit, and the remark that it was a custom of the time for knights to often become hermits in their old age, ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The lake referred to was a sort of enchanted delusion to conceal her demesnes. Hence the cognomen of du Lac given to the knight. Sir Lancelot goes in search ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"To the great majority of English readers the name of no knight of King Arthur's court is so familiar as is that of Sir Lancelot. The mention of Arthur and ..."

4. The Arthur of the English Poets by Howard Maynadier (1907)
"VII Lancelot THOUGH the Lancelot story was not at first so closely connected with the Arthur hero-legend as the Merlin story ..."

5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"“Until a critical text jot the Lancelot] based on a comparison of all the available versions is in our hands, it will be quite impossible to do more than ..."

6. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1845)
"Lancelot having arrived in Britain after the battle, retires to a hermitage, and is joined in his solitude by his brother Hector of Mares ..."

7. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1876)
"Lancelot having arrived in Britain after the battle, retires to a hermitage, and is joined in his solitude by his brother Hector of Mares, the only other ..."

8. Southern Literary Messenger (1849)
"The inquisitive Sir Lancelot asks the name of this individual, so distinguished as a mark of hatred. For Tar- quine's reply and the rest of the adventure we ..."

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