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Gorlois.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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

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

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