Allan-a-Dale

or Al·an-a-Dale

[ al-uh n-uh-deyl ]

/ ˌæl ən əˈdeɪl /

noun

(in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who carried off his sweetheart just before she was to be forced into marriage with an aged knight.

Example sentences from the Web for allan-a-dale

Then he again asked the important question, to which Allan-a-Dale's answer was so unreasonable and so successful.

Ayala's Angel |Anthony Trollope
The target was now cleared for the next two contestants—Geoffrey and Allan-a-Dale.

Robin Hood |J. Walker McSpadden
All listened while the minstrel touched his harp, and the beautiful voice of Allan-a-Dale sang the plaintive old ballad Islington.

A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories |Marian T. MacIntosh
"It is impossible that Allan-a-Dale can have thus treated a man of your reverend bearing," replied the Captain.

Ivanhoe |Walter Scott

Allan-a-Dale could pick a pocket or cut a purse, accomplishments in which I am altogether deficient.

Ayala's Angel |Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for allan-a-dale

Allan-a-Dale

/ (ˌælənəˈdeɪl) /

noun

(in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who saved his sweetheart from an enforced marriage and married her himself

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Allan-a-Dale

or Al·an-a-Dale

noun

Example sentences from the Web for allan-a-dale

British Dictionary definitions for allan-a-dale

noun