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\wˈɒltə mˈap], \wˈɒltə mˈap], \w_ˈɒ_l_t_ə m_ˈa_p]\
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A British theologian, satirist, and poet; born in Gloucestershire or Herefordshire, about 1140; died about 1210. He was archdeacon of Oxford in 1197. He wrote: "De Nugis Curialium" (Courtiers' Triflings: 1182-92). Probably the Lancelot story in the Arthurian legends is based on an Anglo French poem by him; and the legends generally have been thought to be largely his work.
By Charles Dudley Warner
