Meanings
proper noun
- Arthurian legendThe father of King Arthur.
Or mythic Uther's deeply-wounded son / In some fair space of sloping greens / Lay, dozing in the vale of Avalon, / And watch'd by weeping queens.
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 143
Origin
- Middle WelshUthyr
- Middle EnglishUther
- EnglishUther
From Middle English Uther, from Middle Welsh Uthyr.
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Japanese ユーサー
- ユーサー (Yūsā)father of King Arthur
Welsh Uthr, Wthyr
- Uthrfather of King Arthur
- Wthyrfather of King Arthur
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APA
Uther. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uther
MLA
“Uther.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uther. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uther,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uther.
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