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Arthurian, a. and n.|ɑːˈθjʊərɪən|
[See -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the legendary British king Arthur, his court, and his knights; also, resembling these or the romances in which they figure.
1853J. H. Burton Hist. Scot. 1689–1748 I. 174 If any reality could be extracted from the Arthurian histories. 1869Stuart-Glennie Arthurian Localities 5 The Arthurian Cycle. 1875A. W. Ward Eng. Dram. Lit. I. 121 The Arthurian legend. Ibid., The Arthurian cycle of legend. 1899A. Nutt Celtic & Mediæval Romance 14 The later works of the Charlemagne cycle are in detail, tone and spirit often as ‘Arthurian’ as any purely Breton romance. Huon and Ogier are Arthurian heroes who have strayed by accident to the Court of Charlemagne. 1942Burlington Mag. Feb. 45/1 William Morris and his ideal of the Arthurian unity of the four countries.
B. n. A follower of King Arthur, a knight of the Round Table; one who studies the Arthurian legend.
1907J. W. H. Atkins in Camb. Hist. Eng. Lit. I. xiv. 312 The noble Arthurian [sc. Gawain]..grants the life of the defiant Golagros. 1957G. Ashe King Arthur's Avalon vi. 221 Giraldus..was no gullible Arthurian. 1966English Studies XLVII. 145 Many Arthurians..will feel that the Celtic elements in Geoffrey have been somewhat neglected. |