Lancelot
or Laun·ce·lot
[lan-suh-luh t, -lot, lahn-]
- Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
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Contemporary Examples
Lancelot has an impulsive, glad optimism out of tune with the times.
Even the title brings to mind this vital issue: how does Lancelot figure out where to sit at the round table?
And of course I loved the Lancelot story because it is all about longing and unrequited love.
So, who wants to tell the King that Sir Lancelot is schtupping the Queen?
Historical Examples
Looking at me with conscious eyes, he calls me 'Lancelot'—my father's name.
The ChristianHall Caine
And I can't possibly doubt that he did that day that Lancelot went back.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
She told him that she had been saving up Lancelot's letter to show him.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
Your Lancelot in bed, your James at cards, and myself at the window.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
Lancelot had said, "Stout fellow," and James took it quite well.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
Lancelot
- (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.
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