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Guinʹevere (3 syl.)

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Tennyson’s Idyll represents her as loving Sir Lancelot; but one day, when they were bidding farewell, Modred tracked them, “and brought his creatures to the basement of the tower for testimony.” Sir Lancelot hurled the fellow to the ground and got to horse, and the queen fled to a nunnery at Almesbury. (See Guinever.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Guildhall
Guillotine
Guinea
Guinea-dropper
Guinea Fowl
Guinea-hen
Guineapig (Stock Exchange term)
Guineapig (A)
Guineapig (A)
Guinever
Guinevere
Guingelot
Guisando
Guise’s Motto:
Guitar
Gules [red]
Gules of August (The)
Gulf
Gulf Stream
Gulistan [garden of roses]
Gull (rhymes with dull)

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Guinevere