Geoffrey of Monmouth

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noun

1100?–1154, English chronicler.

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British Dictionary definitions for Geoffrey of Monmouth

Geoffrey of Monmouth

/ (ˈdʒɛfrɪ) /

noun

?1100–54, Welsh bishop and chronicler; author of Historia Regum Britanniae, the chief source of Arthurian legends

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