Arthur vs Pendragon - What's the difference?
arthur | pendragon |
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* 1380s-1390s , (Geoffrey Chaucer),
* : Act IV, Scene II:
* 1951 (Graham Greene), The End of the Affair , Viking Press, page 96:
* 1966 (Patrick White), The Solid Mandala , Avon Books (1975), ISBN 0380003759, page 270:
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(Ireland, informal) Guinness stout.
A chief war leader, king, or dictator -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
* The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. -- Tennyson.
As nouns the difference between arthur and pendragon
is that arthur is (ireland|informal) guinness stout while pendragon is a chief war leader, king, or dictator -- a title assumed by the ancient british chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.As a proper noun arthur
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English
Etymology 1
From the name of the legendary king, probably related to (etyl) . Latin origin has also been suggested.Proper noun
(en proper noun)- In tholde dayes of the king Arthour , / Of which that Britons speken greet honour, / All was this land fulfild of fayerye.
- Young Arthur is alive: this hand of mine / Is yet a maiden and an innocent hand, / Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.
- "Is his name Arthur'?" "' Arthur James." "It’s quite an old-fashioned name." "We’re an old-fashioned family. His mother was fond of Tennyson."
- "It will not be his only name," Mr. Saporta said, and his glance hoped he had found an acceptable solution. " We shall also call him 'Aaron'. That will be his Jewish name. But for everyday purposes—Arthur ."