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Camelot
KAM-uh-lot
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1
The legendary castle and court of King Arthur.
"The film reimagines the knights of Camelot for a modern audience."
2
A nostalgic nickname for the Kennedy White House era, evoking glamour and idealism.
"Historians still refer to the early 1960s as America's Camelot."
How to Use Camelot
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA byword for a golden, idealized age or court, drawn from Arthurian legend.
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Etymology
First recorded in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances; the political sense nods to the 1960 musical Camelot.