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GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH

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GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH (noun)
  The noun GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH has 1 sense:

1. Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154)play

  Familiarity information: GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH used as a noun is very rare.


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GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chronicler (someone who writes chronicles)


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