Lancelot
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere. countable, uncountable
- 2 A male given name from the Germanic languages. countable, uncountable
""What's the first name?" - - - "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!" "Good God!" said Archie. "It couldn't really be that, could it?" Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest. "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker.""
- 3 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 4 A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Lancelot fell in love with King Arthur's wife Guinevere."
Etymology
From Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot. Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).
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