Tristram
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- proper noun
- Literature
- "In the tale, Tristram bravely faced many challenges to win Iseult's heart."
- Tristram Shandy
- Sterne's Tristram
- Don Quixote and Tristram
Examples
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"What does Samana say?" Tristram asked.
Fiction book (1991) -
"What are you saying?" Tristram asked in a silky voice.
Fiction book (1991) -
"We may have occasion to discuss this at a later time," Tristram said.
Fiction book (1991) -
" You are willing to do single combat with Lord Tristram?
Fiction book (1991) -
"I understand," Tristram said, forcing a smile.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nor would Sir Tristram, famed throughout our world.
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"A little more of this, and Cador would be talking himself into a fight with Tristram, I thought."
Fiction book (1991) -
"We will celebrate that it is not Tristram's."
Fiction book (1991) -
You can't judge by them. "Seems I've heard Tristram of Cornwall is considered the very flower of knighthood," Nithe mused.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Tristram, a renowned knight, was known for his heroic deeds in the kingdom of Cornwall."
Synonyms
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A legendary knight in medieval stories who falls in love with Iseult after a love potion
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tristram comes from an old Celtic name like Drustan and later became Tristran in old French. People linked it to Latin trist- meaning 'sad', so the name fits the story of a brave knight doomed to a tragic love.