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Camelot

proper noun

  1. the site of King Arthur's palace and court
  2. a time, place, or atmosphere of idyllic happiness
  3. a reference to President John F. Kennedy's administration
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkæm.əˌlɒt/ / /ˈkæm.əˌlɑt/ / [ˈkɛəm.əˌlɑt]

name

Etymology: 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.

  1. A mythical location in England. The stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
  2. 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.”

noun

  1. Alternative form of camlet.