Round Table
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈraʊnd ˈteɪbəl/
- Literature
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Mesa Redonda
- The legend says that every knight who sits at the Round Table is treated with equal respect.
Examples
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She's betrothed to a knight of the Round Table.
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From this day forward... ...you will both sit as Knights of the Round Table.
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Actually, I am a knight of the Round Table.
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You are truly Knights of the Round Table.
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One of the Knights of the Round Table?
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My dad gave me a book once, years ago... about the Knights of the Round Table.
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Every Christmas, the Knights of the Round Table came together.
Fiction book (2000) -
Do you remember why King Arthur and his Knights had a round table?
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Gawain said, "No one laughs at the Knights of the Round Table."
Fiction book (2000) -
The Knights of the Round Table were laughing and telling stories when, all of a sudden, the palace's heavy door swung open.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'round' and 'table' will readily infer a literal circular table or a meeting around such a table (the compositional, physical sense is transparent). However, the specific Arthurian reference and the conventional symbolic meaning of equality/knightly council are culturally specific and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so the full MWE sense goes beyond simple composition.
Etymology
Round Table comes from the image of a large round table in King Arthur's stories where no one sat at the head, so every knight had the same place. That's why today 'Round Table' can mean a meeting where everyone has an 'equal voice'.