Definitions for lancelotˈlæn sə lət, -ˌlɒt, ˈlɑn-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Lan•ce•lotˈlæn sə lət, -ˌlɒt, ˈlɑn-(n.)

  1. Sir, the greatest of King Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.

    Category: Literature

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Lancelot, Sir Lancelot(noun)

    (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere

Wiktionary

  1. Lancelot(ProperNoun)

    One of the knights of the round table, a lover of Guinevere.

  2. Lancelot(ProperNoun)

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  3. Origin: From Lancelot, from Frankish Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.


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