Modred

[moh-drid]

noun Arthurian Romance.

the nephew and treacherous killer of Arthur.

Also Mordred.

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Historical Examples

But Modred was in the pride of youth; muscular and sinewy was the frame of Modred.
Imogen
William Godwin
Modred started with horror, and in his turn fled away swifter than the winds.
Imogen
William Godwin
Sir Gawain's was marked with gold, but Sir Modred's was blank.
King Arthur and His Knights
Maude L. Radford
And this very thing came to pass in Arthur's battle with Modred.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines
Clayton Edwards
And now he must fight a number of them both in the ranks of Lancelot and under the banner of Modred.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines
Clayton Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for modred

Modred

Mordred (ˈmɔːdrɛd)

noun

(in Arthurian legend) a knight of the Round Table who rebelled against and killed his uncle King Arthur

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Modred

Examples from the Web for modred

Historical Examples

But Modred was in the pride of youth; muscular and sinewy was the frame of Modred.

Modred started with horror, and in his turn fled away swifter than the winds.

Sir Gawain's was marked with gold, but Sir Modred's was blank.

And this very thing came to pass in Arthur's battle with Modred.

And now he must fight a number of them both in the ranks of Lancelot and under the banner of Modred.

Modred

Mordred (ˈmɔːdrɛd)