Iseult
Americannoun
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German Isolde. Arthurian Legend. Also
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the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
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daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
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a female given name.
noun
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an Irish princess wed to Mark, king of Cornwall, but in love with his knight Tristan
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(in another account) the daughter of the king of Brittany, married to Tristan
Example Sentences
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In addition to her and Ms. Rocha Trindade, he is survived by three sisters, Nuala Price, Iseult Broglio and Roisin O’Rahilly, and a stepson, Caspian Rabone.
From New York Times • May 3, 2020
It’s like the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult, except with ugly people.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2015
When she died in 1953, Maud Gonne's will bore no reference to Iseult.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2015
Undated clip of Birgit Nilsson performing the Liebestod Tristan und Isolde is based on the Arthurian legend Tristan and Iseult, a favourite romance in early medieval French poetry.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2013
Lord Dinas, bid Iseult of Ireland draw near!
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
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