Tancred

[tang-krid]

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noun

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

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Will you oblige me so far as not to appear in the dress of Tancred to-night?
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The clerks looked curiously at Jan, for they thought she was Mrs. Tancred.
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Shortly after this, Tancred, attended by Baroni, passed the gate of Sion.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Every divan in Canobia was open, excepting the rooms of Tancred.
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Benjamin Disraeli
She was a capital sailor; at least she always told Tancred so.
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Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for tancred

Tancred

noun

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

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Tancred

Examples from the Web for tancred

Historical Examples

Will you oblige me so far as not to appear in the dress of Tancred to-night?

The clerks looked curiously at Jan, for they thought she was Mrs. Tancred.

Shortly after this, Tancred, attended by Baroni, passed the gate of Sion.

Every divan in Canobia was open, excepting the rooms of Tancred.

She was a capital sailor; at least she always told Tancred so.

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