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Meaning of Mystrade | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The ship of characters Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade from the television series Sherlock.

slang

Examples

“The latter include Lestrade (as played by Graves) appreciation and fanfic sites [URLS redacted], a significant strand of (self-evidently, fanon/non-canon) ‘Mystrade’ slash activity, in which Lestrade is imagined to be in a romantic/sexual relationship, or even civil partnership, with Mycroft Holmes (played by Sherlock’s co-creator, Mark Gatiss) […]”
“It seems natural in the context of fandom that Mystrade and Wincest are important generic categories, or that Kirk and Spock is an entirely different fictional animal from Kirk/Spock.”
“[…] whereas SailorChibi's Walking Together is labelled an 'AU' featuring 'Johnlock & mentions of Mystrade'.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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