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Amadis

American  
[am-uh-dis] / ˈæm ə dɪs /

noun

  1. (in medieval literature) a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.


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It is like the enchantments they tell of in the Legend of Amadis!

From Time Magazine Archive

Another famous hero and centre of a 14th-century cycle of romance was Amadis of Gaul; its earliest form is Spanish, although the Portuguese have claimed it as a translation from their own language.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Perion at once recognized Amadis as the youth he had knighted not long since.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

Not content with having enlightened Galaor, Urganda hastened after Amadis, who was on his way to the Court of King Lisuarte at Windsor.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

After several other adventures which it would be tedious to recount, Amadis arrived with Gandalin at the Court of King Perion, in Gaul.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

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