Meanings
camelot1
plural camelots
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of camlet.
Camelot2
- Arthurian legendA mythical location in England and the stronghold of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.
- USgovernmentThe 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.
2025 January 17, Ross Douthat, quoting Marc Andreessen, “How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto Kameloto
- Kamelotothe stronghold of King Arthur
French Camelot
- Camelotthe stronghold of King Arthur
Polish Camelot
- Camelotthe stronghold of King Arthur
Portuguese Camelot
- Camelotthe stronghold of King Arthur
Spanish Camelot
- Camelotthe stronghold of King Arthur
Cite this entry
camelot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camelot
“camelot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camelot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “camelot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/camelot.
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