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Definition of Tancred
1. Noun. Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tancred
Literary usage of Tancred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Several princes of the Norman race accompanied this veteran general ; and his
cousin Tancred 53 was the partner, rather than the servant, of the war. ..."
2. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"Tancred, eon of Eudes and Emma. He was the greatest of all the Christian ...
Tancred, prince of Otranto, one of tlie crusaders, probably the same as the one ..."
3. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"Tancred, King of Sicily, and the last of the Norman rulers in that country, ...
See Tancred. Taney, taw'ne, (ROGER BROOKE,) a distinguished American jurist, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"When the sultan of Egypt marched toward Jerusalem, Tancred defeated his advanced
guard, and shared in tho subsequent victory at Ascalon, Aug. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"In the accomplished character of Tancred we discover all the virtues of a perfect
... M The mother of Tancred was Emma, sister of the great Robert Guiscard ..."
6. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1854)
"Tancred Is found 1 Sif [To an ATTENDANT ... Th» daughter, leave me. stroke is
sudden; He was this morning well, when to the chase Lord Tancred went. Sif. ..."
7. The Angevin Empire, Or the Three Reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John (A.D by James Henry Ramsay (1903)
"But he insisted on taking hostages from the citizens for a satisfactory settlement
with Tancred.1 Two day.s later again, Philip and Richard, ..."
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