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Malory

American  
[mal-uh-ree] / ˈmæl ə ri /

noun

  1. Sir Thomas, c1400–71, English author.


Malory British  
/ ˈmælərɪ /

noun

  1. Sir Thomas. 15th-century English author of Le Morte d'Arthur (?1470), a prose collection of Arthurian legends, translated from the French

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As a child, she also read Enid Blyton's Malory Towers books, which follow the lives of girls at a Cornish boarding school in the 1940s and 50s.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

In “Le Morte d’Arthur,” Thomas Malory brings an ancient world to life with the story of what happens when blind emotion overrides thought and vengeance becomes the ruin of the avenger.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

His wife, Malory, gave birth last week to their first child, a girl named Reis.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2021

Next is Malory Woodruff, who’s in her mid-30s.

From Scientific American Nov. 4, 2021

This is why, although Malory clearly tells us that only a Pellinore could catch her, we always find her being pursued by Sir Palomides in the later parts of the Morte d’Arthur.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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