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Sir Gawain   /sər gˈɑwən/   Listen
Sir Gawain

noun
1.
(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table.  Synonym: Gawain.






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"Sir Gawain" Quotes from Famous Books



... the successful knight is also accustomed to send his captives to give testimony to his prowess in the same place. As has been said above,[61] there is a whole cluster of such episodes—most, it would seem, owing their origin to England or Scotland—which have Sir Gawain for their chief hero, and which, at least in such forms as survive, would appear to be later than the great central romances which have been just noticed. Some of these are of much local interest—there being a Scottish group, a group which seems to centre about ...
— The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory - (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) • George Saintsbury



Words linked to "Sir Gawain" :   fictitious character, character, Arthurian legend, fictional character



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