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LANCELOT

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Overview

LANCELOT (noun)
  The noun LANCELOT has 1 sense:

1. (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevereplay

  Familiarity information: LANCELOT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LANCELOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lancelot; Sir Lancelot

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Domain category:

Arthurian legend (the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot)


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