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Tristram

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Tris·tram  (trstrm)
n.
Variant of Tristan.
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Noun1.TristramTristram - (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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``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
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