Arthurian

American  

[ahr-thoor-ee-uhn] / ɑrˈθʊər i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to King Arthur, who, with his knights, formed the subject of a large part of medieval romance.

   Arthurian legends.

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Arthurian British  

/ ɑːˈθjʊərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

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Other Word Forms

• pre-Arthurian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Arthurian

First recorded in 1850–55; Arthur + -ian

Example Sentences

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Arthurian

How much better loved would it have been had Wenlock been a warlock, a creature spun from the Merlin of Arthurian legend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

The species name combines a nod to Arthurian legend with a personal tribute.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

One musical compromised in the process is “Camelot,” a romantic retelling of Arthurian legend that opened on Broadway in 1960.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

A bookseller named Chester recalls getting an early galley of Nicola Griffith’s feminist retelling of the Arthurian legend “Spear,” “and having to wait a year to start recommending it was agony.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Over the North Sea in Britain’s Victorian empire, artists, writers and composers were dredging Albion’s Arthurian roots, too.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall