Arthurian

American  

[ahr-thoor-ee-uhn] / ɑrˈθʊər i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to King Arthur, who, with his knights, formed the subject of a large part of medieval romance.

   Arthurian legends.

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Arthurian British  

/ ɑːˈθjʊərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

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Other Word Forms

• pre-Arthurian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Arthurian

First recorded in 1850–55; Arthur + -ian

Example Sentences

The species name combines a nod to Arthurian legend with a personal tribute.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

If you’ve seen “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the 1975 movie spoof of all things Arthurian and many things not, you know the coconuts I mean.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

A bookseller named Chester recalls getting an early galley of Nicola Griffith’s feminist retelling of the Arthurian legend “Spear,” “and having to wait a year to start recommending it was agony.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

In the first two, he transposed Arthurian legend on the landscape of Texas, basing the Guinevere character, he said, on his wife.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

Over the North Sea in Britain’s Victorian empire, artists, writers and composers were dredging Albion’s Arthurian roots, too.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall