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Pendragon1|pɛnˈdrægən|
[Welsh = chief leader in war, dux bellorum, f. pen head + dragon dragon, the dragon symbol or standard, a leader in war, f. L. draco, dracōnem dragon, the standard of a cohort. Cf. the appellation Insularis Draco, with which Gildas addressed Maglocunus or Maelgwn.]
A title given to an ancient British or Welsh prince holding or claiming supreme power; chief leader or ruler.
In English, chiefly known as the title of Uther Pendragon, in the Morte Arthur.
1470–85Malory Arthur i. i, Hit befel in the dayes of Vther pendragon when he was kynge of all Englond. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 95 Once I read, That stout Pen⁓dragon, in his Litter sick Came to the field, and vanquished his foes. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 415/2 After he [Arthur] became Pendragon. 1859Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 423 The dread Pendragon, Britain's King of kings.
Hence Penˈdragonish a., characteristic of a Pendragon, tyrannical; Penˈdragonship, the rank or position of Pendragon.
1650B. Discolliminium 34 It is past my skill how to get money..till these Pen-dragonish Assessments be over. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 415/2 Ambrosius, his [Arthur's] predecessor in the Pendragonship. 1859Tennyson Guinevere 395 Till yet once more ere set of sun they saw The Dragon of the great Pendragonship. |