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Lancelot

American

[lan-suh-luht, -lot, lahn-] / ˈlæn sə lət, -ˌlɒt, ˈlɑn- /

Or Launcelot

noun

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

Lancelot British

/ ˈlɑːnslət /

noun

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

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He drags Arthur into a war against Lancelot that fatally weakens the kingdom and allows Mordred to usurp the throne.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Genovese allegedly stole a 2 1/2-year-old orange tabby cat named Lancelot from a resident in Ventura, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Lancelot Narayan, a James Bond historian, journalist and filmmaker, told BBC Radio 5 Live a good comparison is George Lucas selling Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, giving the company control of the Star Wars brand.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

In the immortal words of English zoologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile, who coined the term, carcinization is “one of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab.”

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

There was a deeper silence, until Lancelot rose for the second time.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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