Tancred

[ tang-krid ]

/ ˈtæŋ krɪd /

noun

1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.

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Example sentences from the Web for Tancred

And as Tancred dropped on a seat he loosened his neck-cloth with a thrust of the thumb.
A Transient Guest|Edgar Saltus
That night, for the first time, Tancred entered fully into the feelings of Tantalus and those of Sisyphus too.
A Transient Guest|Edgar Saltus
Tancred had tossed his cigar—a cigar that ranked nearly with a Havanese—into the finger-bowl.
A Transient Guest|Edgar Saltus
Meanwhile Miss Tancred sat absorbed in her dinner and let the storm pass over her head.
The Return of the Prodigal|May Sinclair

In the best parts of Coningsby and of Tancred he had shown himself a very careless writer of English.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters|Edmund William Gosse

British Dictionary definitions for Tancred

Tancred

/ (ˈtæŋkrɪd) /

noun

died 1112, Norman hero of the First Crusade, who played a prominent part in the capture of Jerusalem (1099)

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