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Uther &mdash
Answer for the clue "Uther &mdash ", 9 letters:
pendragon
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pendragon , meaning "head dragon", may refer to:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Welsh warlord" (mainly known now in Arthurian Uther Pendragon ), late 15c., title of a chief leader in war of ancient Britain or Wales, from pen "head" (see pen- ) + dragon , which figured on the standard of a cohort.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pendragon \Pen"drag*on\, n. A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. --Tennyson.
Usage examples of pendragon.
Several of the early Celtic kings of legend had the title, and the best known to us is Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur.
But Pendragon or not, anything involving the swords was a Crown matter, not a ducal one.
She looked again at Jeremy, saw a man she would like and admire for the rest of her life, her children playing with his, this man, her almost dratted cousin, who cared enough about her to come with her father and Mary Rose to Pendragon.
After him Vther, which Pendragon hight,Succeding There abruptly it did end,Without full point, or other Cesure right,As if the rest some wicked hand did rend,Or th'Authour selfe could not at least attendTo finish it: that so vntimely breachThe Prince him selfe halfe seemeth to offend,Yet secret pleasure did offence empeach,And wonder of antiquitie long stopt his speach.
The First Book shall treat how Uther Pendragon gat the noble conqueror King Arthur, and containeth xxviii chapters.
Queen Bloody Mary Tudor had sent the Spaniard as a spy for the Inquisition after Raven had contacted her with information about the Pendragon.
The Tribes were sworn to follow the banner of the Pendragon, as they swore at his kingmaking, and Uther’s before him .
When Olam III’s grandson Uther II fled to Britain (there to sire Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur, King f Cornwall), the land fragmented to become ten kingdoms: Dahaut, Lyonesse, North Ulfland, South Ulfland, Godelia, Blaloc, Caduz, Pomperol, Dascinet and Troicinet.
I was not allowed to tell you before, or since, but your father was, or will be, King Uther Pendragon, and it was I myself, disguised as a beggar, who first carried you to Sir Ector's castle, in your golden swaddling bands.