Tristram may refer to:
Literature
* the title character of ''
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', also known as ''Tristram Shandy'', is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next sev ...
'', a novel by Laurence Sterne
* the title character of ''
Tristram of Lyonesse
''Tristram of Lyonesse'' is a long epic poem written by the British poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, that recounts in grand fashion the famous medieval story of the ill-fated lovers Tristan and Isolde (Tristram and Iseult in Swinburne's version ...
'', an epic poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
*"Tristram", a Pulitzer Prize-winning work by
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet and playwright. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
Early life
Robins ...
Legendary characters
* Tristram or
Tristan
Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; ; ), also known as Tristran or Tristram and similar names, is the folk hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. While escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed Tristan's uncle, King Mark of ...
, a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
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Tristram the Younger
Tristan the Younger (Spanish: ''Tristán el Joven''; Italian: ''Tristano il giovane'') is a character in both the 1534 Spanish edition ('' Don Tristan de Leonis y Don Tristan el Joven''), and the translated 1555 Italian edition, of the romance o ...
, last king of Lyonesse in the Italian romance ''I Due Tristani'', son of the above
People
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Tristram (name)
Tristram is a variant of Tristan. A Welsh people, Welsh given name, it originates from the British language (Celtic), Brythonic name ''Drust'' or ''Drustanus''. It derives from a stem meaning "noise", seen in the Welsh language, modern Welsh noun ...
, a list of people with the given name or surname
Other uses
* Tristram, a town in the books and games of the ''
Diablo'' video game series
See also
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Tristram's Woodpecker
Tristram's woodpecker (''Dryocopus javensis richardsi'') (, Japanese: ) is a Korean subspecies of the white-bellied woodpecker. It was firstly identified and described by English scholar and ornithologist Henry Baker Tristram in 1879.
Descripti ...
, a bird
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Tristram's starling
Tristram's starling (''Onychognathus tristramii''), also known as Dead Sea starling or Tristram's grackle, is a species of starling native to the Middle East. It is the only member of the genus ''Onychognathus'' found mainly outside of Africa.Paz ...
or Tristram's grackle, a bird
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Tristram's jird
Tristram's jird (''Meriones tristrami'') is a species of rodent that lives in the Middle East. It is named after the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram who collected the first specimens. It is up to long, and lives in burrows in steppes and semi-dese ...
, a species of gerbil
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Sir Tristram
Sir Tristram (7 April 1971 – 21 May 1997) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who stood at stud in New Zealand, where he sired an extraordinary 45 Group One winners, including three Melbourne Cup winners. His progeny earned him 17 off ...
(1971–1997), a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
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RFA Sir Tristram (L3505)
TV ''Sir Tristram'' (L3505) formerly RFA ''Sir Tristram'', is a that was converted to a Special Forces Training Vessel in 2008. She was launched in 1966, and accepted into British Army service in 1967. As with others of her class, she was transf ...
, a Landing Ship Logistics of the Round Table class
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Tristam (disambiguation)
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Tristan (disambiguation)
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