sir gawain

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   (Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table

   SynonymsGawain

   Broaderfictional character

   Arthurian legend

Questions about sir gawain

What does sir gawain mean?

sir gawain means "(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table".

What is another word for sir gawain?

Close synonyms include Gawain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sir gawain a common word?

sir gawain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.