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Lancelot

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Lan·ce·lot  (lns-lt, -lt, län-)
n.
In Arthurian legend, a Knight of the Round Table whose love affair with Queen Guinevere resulted in a war with King Arthur.
Lancelot [ˈlɑːnslət]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in Arthurian legend) one of the Knights of the Round Table; the lover of Queen Guinevere
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Noun1.LancelotLancelot - (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
Sir Lancelot
Arthurian legend - the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot
Translations
Lancelot [ˈlɑːnslət] N → Lanzarote


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They had analyzed and parsed it and torn it to pieces in general until it was a wonder there was any meaning at all left in it for them, but at least the fair lily maid and Lancelot and Guinevere and King Arthur had become very real people to them, and Anne was devoured by secret regret that she had not been born in Camelot.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
``Was it in battle that Lancelot de Lac and Sir Tristram won renown?
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
-or Rocinante, for that, ladies mine, is my horse's name, and Don Quixote of La Mancha is my own; for though I had no intention of declaring myself until my achievements in your service and honour had made me known, the necessity of adapting that old ballad of Lancelot to the present occasion has given you the knowledge of my name altogether prematurely.
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