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.
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
Following an epic battle, Merlin banishes Morgana, and her son, Mordred, to the ends of the universe.
From Los Angeles Times
As Mordred, Arthur’s dastardly son by another woman, Patrick Vaill enlivens the proceedings with a bracingly sneering dynamism.
From Washington Post
White’s “The Once and Future King”: “Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume that decency cannot exist.”
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