Bors

[ bawrz ]

/ bɔrz /

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noun

Sir, Arthurian Romance.Also Sir Bors de Gan·is

[duh -gan-is]. /də ˈgæn ɪs/. a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.

a natural son of King Arthur.

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How to use Bors in a sentence

Then Sir Bors wept for joy, and he prayed to God it might prove as good a knight as his father was.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
Fie on your weeping, said Sir Bors de Ganis, for ye weep never but when there is no bote.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
And when he had reposed him he came out freshly again, and began new battle with Sir Bors mightily and strongly.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
And so Sir Bors was led unto bed in a fair large chamber, and many doors were shut about the chamber.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory

And then Sir Bors seemed that there came the whitest dove with a little golden censer in her mouth.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory

British Dictionary definitions for Bors

Bors

/ (bɔːs) /

noun Sir Bors (in Arthurian legend)

one the knights of the Round Table, nephew of Lancelot

an illegitimate son of King Arthur

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