单词 | pendragon |
释义 | pendragon —pendragonish, adj. —pendragonship, n. /pen drag"euhn/, n. the supreme leader: the title of certain ancient British chiefs. [1470-80; < ML (Geoffrey of Monmouth) Uthyrpendragun Uther Pendragon, taken as Medieval Welsh pen(n) head + *dragun < LL dracones, pl. of DRACO military standard, L: serpent, DRAGON (hence, chief or head standard), though the compound is unattested in Welsh sources outside of translations of Geoffrey of Monmouth] |
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