Uther

//ˈjuːθə(ɹ)// name

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  1. 1
    The father of King Arthur.

    "Or mythic Uther's deeply-wounded son / In some fair space of sloping greens / Lay, dozing in the vale of Avalon, / And watch'd by weeping queens."

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"Uther Pendragon was the father of King Arthur."

Etymology

From Middle English Uther, from Middle Welsh Uthyr.

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king arthur

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