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Definition of Guinevere
1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table.
Category relationships: Arthurian Legend
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Definition of Guinevere
1. Proper noun. (given name female from=Welsh) of Welsh origin. ¹
2. Proper noun. In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guinevere
Literary usage of Guinevere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1918)
"Lancelot and guinevere When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over lite purple
moor, A highwayman comes riding— Riding—riding— A highwayman comes riding, ..."
2. Age of Chivalry; Or, King Arthur and His Knights by Thomas Bulfinch (1900)
"guinevere. So upon the morn they took their horses with the queen, and rode
a-maying in woods and meadows, as it pleased them, in great joy and delight. ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"[From Idylls of the King: guinevere] ARTHUR'S FAREWELL He paused, and in the
pause she crept an inch Nearer, and laid her hands about his feet. ..."
4. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"BOOK I. Lancelot and guinevere. Sir Bors to salute his father Sir ... The sequel
which tells the story of the final fortunes of Lancelot and guinevere ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... THE PARTING OF LAUNCELOT AND guinevere Into a high-walled nunnery had fled
Queen guinevere, amid the shade to weep, And to repent 'mid solemn boughs, ..."
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