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ARTHUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot

Synonyms:

Arthur; King Arthur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Derivation:

Arthurian (of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

Synonyms:

Arthur; Chester A. Arthur; Chester Alan Arthur; President Arthur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Arthur mounted, and they set off together.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The first he knew was when he heard Arthur's voice saying:-

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in prison!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

King Arthur and all his table could not have done more.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Arthur was the most single-minded, chivalrous, patriotic man upon earth.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Arthur says I am getting fat. By the way, I forgot to tell you that Arthur is here.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But the beauty and regularity of the new town of Edinburgh, its romantic castle and its environs, the most delightful in the world, Arthur’s Seat, St. Bernard’s Well, and the Pentland Hills, compensated him for the change and filled him with cheerfulness and admiration.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Well, I was sitting doing a smoke that very evening after I had been promised the appointment, when up came my landlady with a card which had ‘Arthur Pinner, Financial Agent,’ printed upon it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Poor Arthur fell into the trap.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Arthur was leaving the room, and Martin Eden followed his exit with longing eyes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)