Definition of Tancred

1. Noun. Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112).

Generic synonyms: Soldier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tancred

Tanacetum balsamita
Tanacetum camphoratum
Tanacetum cinerariifolium
Tanacetum coccineum
Tanacetum douglasii
Tanacetum parthenium
Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
Tanacetum vulgare
Tanach
Tanagra
Tanaina
Tanainas
Tanakh
Tanana
Tanapox
Tancred (current term)
Tandearil
Tanduay
Taney
Tang Dynasty
Tang dynasty
Tangail District
Tanganyika
Tanganyikan
Tanganyikans
Tange
Tangerine
Tangerines
Tangier

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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