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Gawain
(Ga¦wain)
Pronunciation:
/ˈgɑːweɪn, gəˈweɪn/
(in Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table who quested after the Holy Grail. He is the hero of the medieval poem
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
.
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