Sangrail
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Sangrail
C15: from Old French Saint Graal. See saint , Holy Grail
Example Sentences
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I've never found him quite as devastatingly debonair as Clovis Sangrail, with his mulberry eyes and lowered dexter eyelid.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2010
Another was Clovis Sangrail, a young man much given to the kind of "gorgeous hoax" that might scandalize a dull house party.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Just think," said Mrs. Sangrail sleepily; "Lady Bastable has very kindly asked you to stay on here while I go to the MacGregors'."
From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki
The brave knight, Gurnemanz, dragged his master fainting from the garden, his companions of the Sangrail covering their retreat.
From Parsifal Story and Analysis of Wagner's Great Opera by Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald)
Clovis Sangrail had sat unusually silent during the discussion on the possibilities of Siberian Magic; after lunch he side-tracked Lord Pabham into the comparative seclusion of the billiard-room and delivered himself of a searching question.
From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
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