Mordred
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He drags Arthur into a war against Lancelot that fatally weakens the kingdom and allows Mordred to usurp the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Taylor Trensch pops up in Act 2 as an aptly super-bratty Mordred but “Fie on Goodness,” the turgid song with which he stirs up the aggrieved roundtable knights, deserves its own “fie!”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
Following an epic battle, Merlin banishes Morgana, and her son, Mordred, to the ends of the universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
Two musical-theater actors, Wynn Harmon as Merlyn/Pellinore and Jack Noseworthy as Mordred, did lively work.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2013
But from this day on it was only a question of time, as between the fashionable party of Mordred and Agravaine and the safety of the commander-in-chief.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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