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SIR GALAHAD

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Overview

SIR GALAHAD (noun)
  The noun SIR GALAHAD has 1 sense:

1. (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grailplay

  Familiarity information: SIR GALAHAD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR GALAHAD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Galahad; Sir Galahad

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Domain category:

Arthurian legend (the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot)


 Context examples 


So might our fame have gone down together for all time, and you be numbered with Sir Percival or Sir Galahad, or all the other rescuers of oppressed ladies.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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