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Guenevere

American  
[gwen-uh-veer] / ˈgwɛn əˌvɪər /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white, fair.”


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In the lavish, sweeping “Camelot,” he plays a virtuous if egotistical knight who is in a love triangle with King Arthur and Guenevere.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2023

This incarnation skirts for so long how Arthur and Guenevere feel about each other that by the time they do declare their mutual affection, it’s no longer all that affecting.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2023

Now, for instance, the plan for a new order of chivalry, emanating originally from Arthur, is hatched collaboratively: Guenevere has as much to say about it now as her husband.

From Washington Post Jun. 21, 2018

The first act, which concentrates on the creation of the Round Table and the antipathy-turned-adoration between Guenevere and Lancelot, is perfectly sound.

From New York Times Aug. 29, 2011

One day Morgan le Fay went to Queen Guenevere, and asked her leave to go into the country.

From The Book of Romance by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford

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