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nouna legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
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- gilbert a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
- merlin (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor
- guinevere (Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table
- camelot (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
- lancelot (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
- excalibur the legendary sword of King Arthur
- gawain (Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table
- galahad (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail
- arthurian of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- thomas malory English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)