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
Set in the last days of Arthur's reign, the poem sees Tolkien tackling the old king's battle to save his country from Mordred the usurper, opening as Arthur and Gawain go to war.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2012
He went into the royal chamber with a sulky ihima Mordred walked into the room behind Gawaine, as if nothing had happened.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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