Tristram
Proper noun
Meaning
Tristram
A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Tristan.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Although the story is more straightforward, A Sentimental Journey can be understood to be part of the same artistic project to which Tristram Shandy belongs.
Escorts would be provided for this day, after which Sir Tristram would be left to unload using a Mexeflote (a powered raft) for as long as it took to finish.
At the conclusion of the " Tale of Sir Tristram " (Caxton's VIII–XII): "Here endeth the second book of Sir Tristram de Lyones, which was drawn out of the French by Sir Thomas Malleorre, knight, as Jesu be his help."
"Cross (1908), chap. 8, The Publication of Tristram Shandy: Volumes I and II, p.197 He wrote as fast as he possibly could, composing the first 18 chapters between January and March 1759.
H. Tristram, "Why Don't the English Speak Welsh?", in Higham (ed.
Italo Calvino referred to Tristram Shandy as the "undoubted progenitor of all avant-garde novels of our century".