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Gorlois

Gorlois proper noun: the husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon, in Arthurian legend.

Proper noun

Gorlois

  1. The husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon, in Arthurian legend.

Origin of Gorlois

The name first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136).

Questions about Gorlois

What does Gorlois mean?
Gorlois means the husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon, in Arthurian legend.
What part of speech is Gorlois?
Gorlois is a proper noun.

Words near Gorlois in the dictionary

  1. gorli oil
  2. gorlic
  3. gorlic acid
  4. Gorlin's syndrome
  5. Gorlin's syndromes
  6. Gorlois
  7. Gorlovka
  8. gorls
  9. gorm
  10. Gorman
  11. gormand

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