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Definition of Galahad
1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail.
Category relationships: Arthurian Legend
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galahad
Literary usage of Galahad
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, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"And this Galahad, the holy knight, the which fought with the two knights, ...
God send you health, said Galahad, and so took his horse and departed, ..."
2. The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances which Recount the Noble and by Thomas Malory, Ernest Rhys (1906)
""Now lead me thither," said Sir Galahad. And so they did, all armed save his helm.
... But Sir Galahad was nothing afraid, but quickly lift up the stone, ..."
3. La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the by Thomas Malory (1866)
"said the squire; "and that high order, by the grace of God, shall he well set
upon me." So sir Galahad graunted him, and then they returned againe unto the ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Fair sir, said Galahad, I come for to destroy the wicked custom of this castle.
... And when they saw Galahad they cried: Knight, keep thee, for we assure ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"I, Galahad, saw the Grail, The Holy Grail, descend upon the shrine, I saw the
fiery face as of a child That smote itself into the bread, and went; ..."
6. Chronicle and Romance: Froissart, Malory, Holinshed ; with Introductions by Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, William Harrison (1910)
"Fair sir, said Galahad, I come for to destroy the wicked custom of this castle.
... And when they saw Galahad they cried: Knight, keep thee, for we assure ..."
7. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"King (to Galahad). Are you willing to go down to the river and draw the sword
... Galahad. You see I brought my scabbard empty because I knew a sword was ..."
8. ... King Arthur Stories from Malory by Sir Thomas Malory, Lillian O. Stevens, Edward Frank Allen (1908)
"Yea, I would not refuse you," said Galahad. So he made him knight, ... Right so
Sir Launcelot dressed his spear and brake it upon Sir Galahad, and Galahad ..."
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