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Definition of Sir lancelot
1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere.
Category relationships: Arthurian Legend
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Lancelot
Literary usage of Sir lancelot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The lake referred to was a sort of enchanted delusion to conceal her demesnes.
Hence the cognomen of du Lac given to the knight. sir lancelot goes in search ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1791)
"... the reft j But good sir lancelot du Lake, who was an. He for his deeds and
feats of armes all others proved well, [did excell. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... and the voluminous tales of sir lancelot and Sir Tristram were devoutly studied
by the princes and nobles, who disregarded the genuine heroes and ..."
4. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1900)
"CHAPTER VIII How Merlin prophesied thai two the best knights of the world should
fight there, which were sir lancelot and Sir Tristram. ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1889)
"Also, sir lancelot, for all the love that ever was betwixt us, make no tarrying,
... Therefore, sir lancelot, I require thee and beseech thee heartily, ..."