Guinevere

[gwin-uh-veer]

noun

1. Arthurian Legend.,  wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.

2. a female given name.

Guinevere

/ ˈɡwɪnɪˌvɪə, ˈɡwɛnɪˌvɪə, ˈɡwɪnɪvə /

noun

1. (in Arthurian legend) the wife of King Arthur and paramour of Lancelot

Guinevere

1. The wife of King Arthur (see also King Arthur). In some versions of the legends of Arthur, she has a love affair with Sir Lancelot that leads to the end of the reign of Arthur and the fellowship of the Round Table.

Example Sentences

No. From the moment we met him, Joe Goldberg was a killer, capriciously murdering his way through Guinevere Beck’s entire support system in the name of “love.”

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Guinevere is really great at dialogue, which I’m not.

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It helped that actual queer women were behind the show, including Ilene Chaiken, the show’s creator, and the writers Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche.

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Perhaps the most well-known — the Silent Book Club — dates to 2012, when two friends in San Francisco, Laura Gluhanich and Guinevere de La Mare, met at a local bar and started reading.

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In the 1970s, dressed in stylish, flowing gowns, caftans, robes and headscarves, she all but resembled Guinevere.

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