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Definition of Sir Gawain
1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table.
Category relationships: Arthurian Legend
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Gawain
Literary usage of Sir Gawain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by John William Cunliffe, Karl Young (1910)
"Sir Gawain AND THE GREEN KNIGHT (c. 1375) The romantic stories cherished by the
Norman conquerors of England found equal favor, in course of time, ..."
2. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"Sir Gawain AND THE GREEN one while they would ride forth KNIGHT and tourney, and
again back to tl to make carols; for there was t! holden fifteen days with ..."
3. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"Sir Gawain AND THE GREEN KNIGHT (c. 1375) The romantic stories cherished by the
... Sir Gawain AXD THE GREEN one while they would ride forth to joust KNIGHT ..."
4. Age of Chivalry; Or, King Arthur and His Knights by Thomas Bulfinch (1900)
"Then said the monk, " Sir Gawain, thou must do penance for thy sins. ... __ And
Sir Gawain departed. Now it happened, not long after this, that Sir Gawain ..."
5. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1921)
"The poet's power of language is best shown in the scenery through which Sir Gawain
is set a-wandering,— the winter scenery, not of conventional romance, ..."
6. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1904)
"Sir Gawain AT THE GRAIL CASTLE. Translated by JESSIE L. WESTON. (Arthurian Romances
unrepresented in Malory's Morie d'Arthur, No. vi.) London: Nutt. 1903. ..."
7. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"The Wedding of Sir Gawain, again, points to loyalty and honour, as involving ...
Arthur is hunting with Sir Gawain, Sir Kay and Sir Baldwin, when all four ..."
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