Tristram

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Tris·tram (tr

Variant of Tristan.

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Tristram - (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

Tristan

legend, fable - a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

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Arthurian behavior criticism Dark Ages fable legend literature Lyonnesse Middle Ages red Robinson Service Shandyism Speaker Speakership Sterne Tristan			``Was it in battle that Lancelot de Lac and Sir Tristram won renown? Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context we were Tristram and Yseult, we were all the great lovers in the Pantheon of love. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context One might just as well try to make out that the history of Guarino Mezquino, or of the quest of the Holy Grail, is false, or that the loves of Tristram and the Queen Yseult are apocryphal, as well as those of Guinevere and Lancelot, when there are persons who can almost remember having seen the Dame Quintanona, who was the best cupbearer in Great Britain. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context			trisodium orthophosphate trisodium phosphate trisomy trisomy 13 trisomy 21 Trispast Trispermous Trisplanchnic Trist Tristan Tristan da Cunha Tristan Tzara tristate triste Tristearate tristearin tristful Tristfully tristich tristichous Tristigmatic tristimania tristimulus values Tristitiate Tristoma Tristram Tristy Trisulc Trisulcate trisulfide trisulphide trisyllabic trisyllable tritanopia tritanopic trite tritely triteness Triternate tritheism Tritheist Tritheistic Tritheite Trithing Trithionate Trithionic tritiate Tritiated Tritical triticale Triticin			TriState Helicopter Club tristate logic triste triste triste Tristearate tristearin tristearin Tristen Tristen Tristenia Tristesse de la Lune Tristeza Tristeza y Muerte de Agave tristful tristfully tristfulness tristich tristichia Tristichous Tristigmatic tristimania Tristimulus tristimulus colorimeter tristimulus values tristimulus values tristis Tristitiate Tristoma Tristram Tristram and Isolde Tristram and Isolde Tristram Fawr Tristram Fawr Tristran Tristran Tristy tristyle in antis Tristyly Tristyly Trisulc trisulcate trisulcate Trisulfa Trisulfa DS Trisulfa S Suspension trisulfapyrimidine trisulfapyrimidines trisulfide trisulfide trisulfide Trisulphide TRISURS trisyllabic trisyllabic trisyllabical trisyllabically trisyllable trisyllable trisyllables

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