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Definition of Tristram
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
Category relationships: Fable, Legend, Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Definition of Tristram
1. Proper noun. (Celtic male given name), variant of Tristan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tristram
Literary usage of Tristram
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 he wist that Sir Tristram was not there he took his way over Humber,
and came unto Joyous Gard, whereas Sir Tristram was and La Beale ..."
2. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard (1917)
"Madam, said Sir Tristram, I will leave fighting at this time for your sake.
Then she said to Sir Palamides : This shall be your charge, that thou shalt go ..."
3. La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the by Thomas Malory (1866)
"How sir Tristram justed with sir Kay and sir Sag- ramore le Desirous, and how
sir Gawaine turned sir Tristram from Morgan le Fay. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"John Tolcher and Tristram Tolcher both died in the life-time of William Tristram,
... The information stated, that the said William Tristram, having died ..."
5. Age of Chivalry; Or, King Arthur and His Knights by Thomas Bulfinch (1900)
"As for that," said Sir Tristram, " there never yet was Christian man that ...
And therewith Sir Tristram made his horse to run, and with all his might came ..."
6. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 by Joshua Coffin, Joseph Bartlett (1845)
"Tristram Coffin's sister Eunice m. William Butler, and sister Mary m. ...
The family of Tristram Coffin, sen. and their descendants, ..."
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