Lancelot

or Laun·ce·lot

[ lan-suh-luht, -lot, lahn- ]

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

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How to use Lancelot in a sentence

  • In the result, I think we shall find that it formed one of the first steps in the development of the Lancelot story.

    The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
  • Finally, when a child, he was carried off by a water maiden, meer-wîb (incident 7) (Lanzelet—Prose Lancelot).

    The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
  • Out of these seven incidents, six are found, and found more than once, in the earlier forms of the Lancelot story.

    The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
  • There is a possible ‘clerical’ explanation of the existence of two versions of the Lancelot tale.

    The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston

British Dictionary definitions for Lancelot

Lancelot

/ (ˈlɑːnslət) /


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

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