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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

“He’s self-assured but he only initiates with Guenevere when he knows that she returns his love.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2018

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

At last King Arthur and Queen Guenevere withdrew into a window to speak together, and espied the black barge and wondered greatly what it meant.

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

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