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Definition of King Arthur
1. Noun. A legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot.
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Derivative terms: Arthurian
Definition of King Arthur
1. Proper noun. A legendary king of Britain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of King Arthur
Literary usage of King Arthur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1903)
"In that great book ye may read how, upon Merlin's advisement, King Arthur made
friends with King Ban of Benwick and with King Bors of North Gaul, ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"TENNYSON'S "King Arthur." " Shadowing Sense at war with Soul, Rather than that
gray king, whose name, a ghost, Streams like a cloud, man-shaped, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"THE WHITE HART AT THE WEDDING OF King Arthur AND QUEEN GUENEVER From 'Morte
d'Arthur' THEN was the high feast made ready, and the King was wedded at Camelot ..."
4. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"In that we find a charter of King Arthur (but written in all the style of the
... proving that these charters are as genuine as that of King Arthur. ..."
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