Arthur

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Quotations 1.2.5 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 French 3.1 Proper noun 4 German 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Proper noun 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the name of the legendary king, probably related to old Celtic artos, "bear".

• Some suggestions for etymology are Celtic ar (“‘man’”)" and thor (“‘strong’”) = hero, or man of strength," and Welsh arth (“‘bear’”) and ur (“‘man’”). Latin origin has also been suggested.

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Arthur

Plural -

Arthur

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname.

[edit] Usage notes

In continuous use as a given name since early Middle Ages; popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[edit] Derived terms

• Arthurian
• pet forms: Art, Artie, Arty

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• King Arthur

[edit] Quotations

• 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

  In tholde dayes of the king Arthour, / Of which that Britons speken greet honour, / All was this land fulfild of fayerye.

• 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John: Act IV, Scene II:

  Young Arthur is alive: this hand of mine / Is yet a maiden and an innocent hand, / Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.

• 1951 Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 96:

  "Is his name Arthur?" / "Arthur James." / "It's quite an old-fashioned name." / "We're an old-fashioned family. His mother was fond of Tennyson."

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Arthur

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

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[edit] French

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Arthur

1. A male given name used in France since the Middle Ages.

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• Artur

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Arthur

1. A male given name borrowed from English in the 18th century.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Proper noun

Arthur

1. A male given name borrowed from English in the 19th century.