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Definition of Guenevere
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guenevere
Literary usage of Guenevere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"... The Quest of Merlin; Tin- Marriage of guenevere; The Birth of ... in 1891 as
Launcelot and guenevere and were now reprinted with some revision and ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"Speak but one word to me over the corn, Over the tender, bow'd locks of the corn.
II. From The Defence of guenevere LAUNCELOT AND guenevere [From King ..."
3. The Bookman (1899)
"guenevere, after the birth of Galahad, starts out to join the armies, ... If he
refuses, guenevere will be given up to the love of the Roman Emperor, ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"Speak but one word to me over the corn, Over the tender, bow'd locks of the corn.
II. From The Defence of guenevere LAUNCELOT AND guenevere [From King ..."
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