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Camelot^¹

/ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/ UK
/ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/ Canada, US
[ˈkɛəm.əˌlɑt] Canada, US
/ˈkæm.əˌlɔt/ Australia

Where it comes from

First attested in Old French as Camaalot in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. In the US politics sense a reference to the contemporary musical Camelot (1960), associated with the Kennedy era.

proper noun

A mythical location in England and the stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
US The administration and surrounding mystique of President John F. Kennedy. Of course you want to fund all these programs, and you want to fund all these activist campaigns. Of course you want that. The term “Camelot” was never used, but there was a Camelot feeling to it at the time that people must have felt in the early ’60s in the same way.

camelot^²

noun camelots

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of camlet

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: towered, cadbury, logres, king arthur, lyonesse, albion, westminster, camulodunum, leonnoys, mercia, kenelm, england, ingland, old dart, pendragon, kentish

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name the stronghold of King Arthur

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"camelot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/camelot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{camelot_2026,
  title = {camelot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camelot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}