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

“I learned a lot from doing the film Tristan & Isolde,” Franco told Newsweek.

From The Daily Beast

Tristan Taormino, a sex educator and the host of the Voice of America radio show Sex Out Loud, agreed.

From The Daily Beast

Mraz told The Daily Beast exclusively that he'd recently split up with his fiancée, 29-year-old singer Tristan Prettyman.

From The Daily Beast

“Our feminism remains with us when we grab the remote,” said Tristan Taormino, a sex educator and producer of erotica.

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“A lot of the rough talk happens at bus stops,” Tristan said, adding that he had been the butt of it.

From The Daily Beast

I wouldn't miss a note of Tristan,' she said, 'nor must you.

From Project Gutenberg

Balafre left the apartment accordingly, and in a minute afterwards Tristan l'Hermite entered from the hall.

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Seulement, cette originalit, par bien des saillies, touche celle de Tristan Corbire.

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To so judge literature would be tantamount to loving “Tristan und Isolde” because one is fond of the timbre of horns.

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Tristan Vaz arrived first, and made his way to the fort through 160 sail of Moorish vessels by which it was blockaded.

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