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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

Kids can ponder the medieval concepts of chivalry and honor among King Arthur, Lancelot, Guenevere and the Knights of the Round Table in “Camelot” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Harman Hall.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2018

Later, Mr. Faubel is far more pleasing when he sings the lovely ballad “If Ever I Would Leave You,” though he does not make a convincing case for the supposed passion between Lancelot and Guenevere.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2011

Between the publication of The Defence of Guenevere and that of Jason ten years elapsed.

From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by Morris, William

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