"ancestor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Sir Arthur's ancestor, Sir Peter, fought on the Hanoverian side in the Forty-five, was taken prisoner, and released on parole, which he refused to break at the command of the Butcher Cumberland.
- One of his ancestors fought at the Battle of Tannenburg in 1410.
- "I go with my father, Macumazana, seeing that even without a gun I am still strong and can fight as my male ancestors fought with a spear."
- He tells me of a great battle his ancestors fought near Lake Victoria.
- There is nothing in Criscuolo Park to reveal the historic event that happened here 140 years ago, but by the fall of 2005, Mr. Mero and a group of about 50 others whose ancestors fought in the war that divided the nation, hope to change that.
- Said his ancestors fought at Agincourt and Crecy.
- If so, it was severed in the Carolian times because my ancestors fought on the side of Parliament.
- Their ancestors fought for future generations and their freedom.
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