Tancred
Proper noun
Meaning
Tancred
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by the Normans in the Middle Ages
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Examples
Henry VI was aggrieved by the support the Plantagenets had given to the family of Henry the Lion and by Richard's recognition of Tancred in Sicily.
At school, his friends, Emma, Tancred, Olivia, Gabriel, and Lysander are determined to help Ollie Sparks, a student who "disappeared" but might be living in the attics of Bloor's Academy.
This time around, the victim is church organist Mr. Collicutt, found in the tomb of the one and only St. Tancred, who is supposed to be exhumed for the 500th anniversary of his death.
The Anglo-Saxon saints Tancred, Torhtred and Tova provide a similar example, among siblings.
The last in Disraeli's political novel trilogy was Tancred; or, The New Crusade (1847), promoting the Church of England's role in reviving Britain's flagging spirituality.
The treaty was signed by Richard, Philip and Tancred.sfn Its main terms were: *Joan was to receive convert of gold as compensation for her inheritance, which Tancred kept.