Tristan

American  

[tris-tuhn, -tan, tris-tahn] / ˈtrɪs tən, -tæn, ˈtrɪs tɑn /

Also Tristam

noun

1. a male given name, form of Tristram.

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Tristan British  

/ ˈtrɪstən, ˈtrɪstrəm /

noun

1. (in medieval romance) the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride, Iseult, after they mistakenly drank a love potion

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Example Sentences

More than £1m seized from controversial social influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan from bank accounts in Devon will be used to combat violence against women and girls, police have said.

From BBC

He now serves as artistic director of Detroit Opera and has relocated to New York City as he prepares to mount Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” at the Metropolitan Opera in March.

From Los Angeles Times

But if that is what it takes to, say, finance an inevitable overturning of tradition, as Sharon’s new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” promises at the Met in March, then bring on the “Bohèmes.”

From Los Angeles Times

It pounced upon the coincidence that James Joyce, the Dada poet and essayist Tristan Tzara and Vladimir Lenin were all living in Zurich in 1917.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stoppard was fascinated with the idea that James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin and Dadadist poet Tristan Tzara were all living in Zurich in 1917.

From Los Angeles Times