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Galahad|ˈgæləhæd|
[The name of the noblest knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.]
A man having the qualities of the legendary Sir Galahad; one characterized by nobility, integrity, courteousness, etc. Also attrib.
1870C. M. Yonge Caged Lion xv. 263 A Galahad would he strive to be. 1911G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. 145 Our bachelors and widowers would no longer be Galahads. 1921D. H. Lawrence Sea & Sardinia 76 We have set forth, politically, on such a high and Galahad quest of holy liberty. 1967‘E. Trevor’ Freebooters xxi. 223 He'd thought he was just a tin Galahad trying to share Sgt Proctor's martyrdom by yapping about it. |