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Definition of Merlin
1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor.
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
2. Noun. Small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry.
Generic synonyms: Falcon
Group relationships: Falco, Genus Falco
Definition of Merlin
1. n. A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. æsalon).
Definition of Merlin
1. Proper noun. A wizard in the Arthurian legend. ¹
2. Proper noun. A fantasy games player recently on the decline. ¹
3. Noun. A small falcon, ''Falco columbarius'', that breeds in northern North America, Europe and Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merlin
1. a European falcon [n -S]
Medical Definition of Merlin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Merlin
Literary usage of Merlin
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 His Noble by Thomas Malory, Edward Strachey, William Caxton (1901)
"How Arthur by the mean of merlin got Excalibur his sword of the Lady of the Lake.
... How merlin prophesied that two the best knights of the world should ..."
2. The Arthur of the English Poets by Howard Maynadier (1907)
"VI merlin THE story of merlin, we have seen, appears as far back as the time of
Nennius in fairly close connection with the story of Arthur; that is, ..."
3. A Guide to the Middle English Metrical Romances Dealing with English and by Anna Hunt Billings (1901)
"General References: Ten Brink, I 244, II2 10. Brandl §35,36. Dunlop I 146—159.
Ed. of the ME. prose merlin I i—xvi. Translations of Geoffrey of ..."
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