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Lanʹcelot (Sir)

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“The chief of knights” and “darling of the court.” Elaine, the lily of Astolat, fell in love with him, but he returned not her love, and she died. (See Elaine.) (Tennyson: Idylls of the King; Elaine.)

 

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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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Lampos and Phaeton
Lancashire Lads or “The Lancashire.”
Lancaster
Lancaster Gun
Lancasterian (A)
Lancastrian (A)
Lance
Lance-Corporal and Lance-Sergeant
Lance-Knight
Lance of the Ladies
Lancelot (Sir)
Lancelot or Launcelot Gobbo
Lancelot du Lac
Lancers (The)
Land
Land-damn
Land-loupers
Land-lubber
Land of Beulah (Isa. lxii. 4)
Land of Bondage
Land of Cakes

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