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Horsa

[hawr-suh]

noun

  1. died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).

  2. Military.,  a British glider of World War II designed to land troops or equipment in airborne operations.



Horsa

/ ˈhɔːsə /

noun

  1. died ?455 ad , leader, with his brother Hengist, of the first Jutish settlers in Britain See also Hengist

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In John Adams' telling, Jefferson even wanted America’s national seal to feature an image of the great Anglo-Saxon chiefs Hengist and Horsa, “from whom we claim the honor of being descended and whose political principles and form of government we have assumed.”

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Albert Evans, 98, from Leicestershire, landed at Pegasus Bridge in a Horsa glider in 1944 as part of the fifth Airborne Division.

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Eric Horsa said his father was an experienced pilot and the couple was headed home to Westchester County via Danbury, Connecticut, after a short vacation in Tunica, Mississippi.

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Horsa’s son, Eric, told the newspaper that his father and stepmother, Taew Horsa, were the only two people aboard the four-seat aircraft.

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Horsa said his father and stepmother, Taew Horsa, were on board.

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