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Guin⋅e⋅vere

  [gwin-uh-veer]
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–noun
1. Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
2. a female given name.
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Guin·e·vere   (gwĭn'ə-vîr')   
n.  The wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot according to Arthurian legend.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

Guinevere [(gwin-uh-veer)]

The wife of King Arthur. In some versions of the legends of Arthur, she has a love affair with Sir Lancelot that leads to the end of the reign of Arthur and the fellowship of the Round Table.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

Guinevere 
fem. proper name, from Welsh Gwenhwyvar, lit. "white-cheeked."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Guinevere

wife of Arthur, legendary king of Britain, best known in Arthurian romance through the love that his knight Sir Lancelot bore for her. In early Welsh literature, one Gwenhwyvar was "the first lady of this island"; in Geoffrey of Monmouth's inventive Historia regum Britanniae (early 12th century), she was named Guanhumara and was presented as a Roman lady. In some accounts it was suggested that she was Arthur's second wife.

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