Bedivere

American

[bed-uh-veer] / ˈbɛd əˌvɪər /

noun

Arthurian Legend. Sir, the knight who brought the dying King Arthur to the barge in which the three queens bore him to the Isle of Avalon.

Bedivere British

/ ˈbɛdɪˌvɪə /

noun

(in Arthurian legend) a knight who took the dying King Arthur to the barge in which he was carried to Avalon

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Enter Collum — two weeks too late to serve Arthur — a young knight who teams up with Merlin’s former apprentice and Sir Bedivere, Sir Palomides and Sir Dagonet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

He also likes to cram the frame with secondary characters with memorable names like Bedivere, Wet Stick and Back Lack, none of whom leaves an especially memorable impression.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2017

Do you think Sir Galahad and Sir Bedivere WebExed their way into meetings of the Round Table?

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2017

A count taken by Sir Bedivere showed that half the knights were missing.

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

And when Sir Bedivere told him all His heart for sorrow brast.

From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee

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