Lancelot

or Laun·ce·lot

[lan-suh-luh t, -lot, lahn-]

noun

Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.

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Examples from the Web for lancelot

Contemporary Examples of lancelot

Lancelot has an impulsive, glad optimism out of tune with the times.
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John Garth
May 23, 2013
Even the title brings to mind this vital issue: how does Lancelot figure out where to sit at the round table?
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Maggie Shipstead
July 24, 2012
And of course I loved the Lancelot story because it is all about longing and unrequited love.
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Jeanette Winterson
March 7, 2012
So, who wants to tell the King that Sir Lancelot is schtupping the Queen?
What Fresh Hell Is This?
Christopher Buckley
October 5, 2008

Historical Examples of lancelot

Looking at me with conscious eyes, he calls me 'Lancelot'—my father's name.
The Christian
Hall Caine
And I can't possibly doubt that he did that day that Lancelot went back.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
She told him that she had been saving up Lancelot's letter to show him.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
Urquhart was asked for a Sunday—on Lancelot's account—but couldn't come, or said so at least.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
Lancelot had said, "Stout fellow," and James took it quite well.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for lancelot

Lancelot

noun

(in Arthurian legend) one of the Knights of the Round Table; the lover of Queen Guinevere

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Word Origin and History for lancelot

Lancelot

masc. proper name, Old French, a double-diminutive of Frankish Lanzo, a hypocoristic name formed from some one of the Germanic names in Land-; cf. Old English Landbeorht "land-bright," in Old French Lambert.