Definition of Esperance

1. n. Hope.

Definition of Esperance

1. Noun. (obsolete) expectation, hope ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Esperance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Esperance

espantoons
esparcet
esparcets
esparto
espartos
espauliere
espaulieres
especial
especial(a)
especiall
especially
especialness
esper
esperamicin
esperamicins
esperance (current term)
esperances
esperanzaite
esperium
espers
espial
espials
espied
espiegle
espieglerie
espiegleries
espies
espinel
espinels
espionage

Literary usage of Esperance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Labrador: A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History by Winfrid Alden Stearns (1884)
"BONNE esperance, or Good Hope as it would be called in English from a simple ... This is another large island, thus making Bonne esperance the third in size ..."

2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... The l<nc<»t, most dejected thing of fortune, Stands still in esperance. ... esperance ..."

3. Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope by H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Jan van Riebeeck (1898)
"... (5 a 6 minuten onbegrepen^ in Godes Naeme 't landt van Cabo de boa esperance ... loff wel ende behouden ter Rheede aen Cabo de Bona esperance in de ..."

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