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Excalibur [ek-skal-uh-ber] Examples noun Arthurian Romance.
- the magic sword of King Arthur.
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Yes, yes, there’s John Boorman’s Excalibur, a flawed film with with some great parts.
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Historical Examples of excalibur
It’s King Arthur himself, with Excalibur, his famous sword, in his hand.
William Elliott Griffis
The loot might run as high as a half-billion Excalibur stellars.
Henry Beam Piper
Excalibur’s intellect may have been lofty, but his memory was treacherous.
Ian Hay
It was a very large shoulder of mutton, but Excalibur finished it in ten minutes.
Ian Hay
After that Excalibur realized that it is wiser to walk behind golfers than in front of them.
Ian Hay
British Dictionary definitions for excalibur Excalibur noun
- (in Arthurian legend) the magic sword of King Arthur
Word Origin for Excalibur C14: from Old French Escalibor, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus, from Welsh Caledvwlch, perhaps related to Irish Caladbolg a legendary sword (literally: hard belly, hence, voracious) Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for excalibur Excalibur n.
King Arthur’s sword, c.1300, from Old French Escalibor, corruption of Caliburn, in Geoffrey of Monmouth (c.1140) Caliburnus, apparently from Welsh Caledvwlch probably a variant of the legendary Irish sword name Caladbolg which may be literally “hard-belly,” i.e. “voracious.” For first element, see callus; for second, see belly (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper excalibur in Culture Excalibur [(eks-kal-uh-buhr)]
The sword of King Arthur (see also Arthur). In one version of the legends of Arthur, he proved his right to rule by pulling Excalibur out of a stone. In another version, he received Excalibur from a maiden, the Lady of the Lake, to whom he returned it at the end of his life.
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