• (RP) IPA: /ˈɑːθə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈɑɹθəɹ/, [ˈɑɹθɚ]

1. A male given name.
   • 1380s–1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale

     In th' olde dayes of the king Arthour, / Of which that Britons speken greet honour, / All was this land fulfild of fayerye.

   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     : Act IV, Scene II:

     Young Arthur is alive: this hand of mine / Is yet a maiden and an innocent hand, / Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.

   • 1951 Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 96:

     "Is his name Arthur?" "Arthur James." "It’s quite an old-fashioned name." "We’re an old-fashioned family. His mother was fond of Tennyson."

   • 1966 Patrick White, The Solid Mandala, Avon Books (1975), ISBN 0380003759, page 270:

     "It will not be his only name," Mr. Saporta said, and his glance hoped he had found an acceptable solution. "We shall also call him 'Aaron'. That will be his Jewish name. But for everyday purposes—Arthur."

2. Surname
3. A village in Illinois
4. A city in Iowa
5. A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
6. A village/county seat in Arthur County, Nebraska.
7. A ghost town in Nevada
8. A city in North Dakota
9. A town/and/community in Wisconsin

• King Arthur

• French: Arthur
• German: Arthur
• Italian: Arturo
• Portuguese: Artur
• Russian: Арту́р
• Spanish: Arturo

Arthur (uncountable)

1. (Ireland, informal) Guinness stout.