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Lancelot

American  
[lan-suh-luht, -lot, lahn-] / ˈlæn sə lət, -ˌlɒt, ˈlɑn- /
Or Launcelot

noun

  1. Arthurian Legend. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.


Lancelot British  
/ ˈlɑːnslət /

noun

  1. (in Arthurian legend) one of the Knights of the Round Table; the lover of Queen Guinevere

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The death of King Arthur is caused by a blood feud between two of his foremost knights, Lancelot and Gawain, who had once been close friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Genovese allegedly stole a 2 1/2-year-old orange tabby cat named Lancelot from a resident in Ventura, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Lancelot Narayan, a James Bond historian, journalist and filmmaker, told BBC Radio 5 Live a good comparison is George Lucas selling Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, giving the company control of the Star Wars brand.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

In the immortal words of English zoologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile, who coined the term, carcinization is “one of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab.”

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

He sprinted for the back stairs and was already kneeling at the Queen's feet, while Lancelot was raging round the Porter’s lodge, demanding the Queen.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White