a legendary king of the Britons in the sixth century ad, who led Celtic resistance against the Saxons: possibly based on a historical figure; represented as leader of the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
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Chester Alan. 1830--86, 21st president of the US (1881--85)
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informal (Austral), (NZ) not know whether one is Arthur or Martha to be in a state of confusion
masc. proper name, from M.L. Arthurus/Arturus, from Welsh arth "bear," cognate with Gk. arktos, L. ursus (see Arctic). Arthurian "pertaining to the series of tales of British King Arthur and his knights, is first attested 1853.