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Lancelot.

One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈlæn.sə.lɒt//ˈlɑːn.sə.lɒt/
  1. One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.

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  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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  3. A surname.

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  4. A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot. Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

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