Lancelot
or Laun·ce·lot
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
Lancelot has an impulsive, glad optimism out of tune with the times.
Even the title brings to mind this vital issue: how does Lancelot figure out where to sit at the round table?
Maggie Shipstead’s Book Bag: Five Beach Read Picks | Maggie Shipstead | July 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd of course I loved the Lancelot story because it is all about longing and unrequited love.
Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir | Jeanette Winterson | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, who wants to tell the King that Sir Lancelot is schtupping the Queen?
The parallel to which Mr. Ward refers is that contained in the earlier part of the Prose Lancelot.
The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. Weston
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. WestonFinally, when a child, he was carried off by a water maiden, meer-wîb (incident 7) (Lanzelet—Prose Lancelot).
The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. WestonOut 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. WestonThere 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
/ (ˈlɑːnslət) /
(in Arthurian legend) one of the Knights of the Round Table; the lover of Queen Guinevere
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