Tristan

[ tris-tuhn, -tan; German tris-tahn ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Tristram.

Tristan

/ ˈtrɪstən; ˈtrɪstrəm /

noun

1. (in medieval romance) the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride, Iseult, after they mistakenly drank a love potion

Example Sentences

Both boys looked up to their eldest brother, Tristan.

From Los Angeles Times

“Wow, that is a big staff,” said David Tristan, head of the city’s ethics commission, which has a budget of $6.3 million and employs 45 people.

From Los Angeles Times

Shortly after, he fell in love with a young pianist and became obsessed with the Tristan myth, in whom love and death become existentially intertwined.

From Los Angeles Times

Andrew and Tristan Tate are thought to have moved to the country around 2016.

From BBC

Written in 1946 by a young French composer released from a Nazi prison camp, the hourlong song cycle for very dramatic soprano and piano reimagines Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde as exotic Peruvian lovers.

From Los Angeles Times