"ancestor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It is the most common family name in Quebec (having all the same French ancestor Pierre Tremblay).
- He was born in Charlesbourg in 1762, descended from French ancestors who had first arrived in New France before 1660.
- Lagrange's parents were Italian, although he also had French ancestors on his father's side.
- It was named after his mothers maiden name (French ancestors) as the car was inspired by the great French coach builders of the 1930s.
- Politically, Gotye (pronounced like the name of his French ancestors, who were Gautiers) was a conservative nationalist.
- He was a dark man, somewhere in the mid forties, with sleek black hair and swarthy skin that he claimed came from French ancestors.
- His French ancestors spelled the family name "Sarrebresolles".
- Cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and pinot noir all have French ancestors with which they have been endlessly compared.
- Threaded through this complex personality was an Alsatian tenacity compounded of both French and German ancestors.
- He also keeps a token row of pinot noir as a salute to his French ancestors.
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