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Guiscard meaning

the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily

Using Guiscard

  • The main meaning on this page is: the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily
  • In the example corpus, guiscard often appears in combinations such as: de guiscard, robert guiscard, of guiscard.

Context around Guiscard

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

robert 2×

Often after:

ordered 1× left 1×

Sentence patterns with Guiscard

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but robert guiscard with whom 1× de guiscard s right 1× death of guiscard in 1085 1× inferiority of guiscard s squadrons 1× iv robert guiscard left him 1× situation de guiscard ordered an 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

de guiscard s 1× falkner ramillies 1706 1× henry was crowned 1× the norman danger 1× tired and suffering 1× when gregory vii 1×

Common sentence endings:

began to tell 1× in complete disorder 1× in the rear 1× of their losses 1× on the city 1× with german arms 1×

Words around Guiscard

Just before it in the word index:

guisborough 3 guisarme 3 guisada 2 guis 25 guiry 2 guirola 3

Just after it in the word index:

guise 302 guiseley 14 guiseppe 4 guisers 3 guises 23 guising 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Guiscard

  • In this selection, "guiscard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, robert, ordered and left stand out and add context to how "guiscard" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but robert guiscard with whom and de guiscard s right. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "guiscard" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with guiscard

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Norman danger subsided with the death of Guiscard in 1085, and the Byzantines recovered most of their losses. (19 words)

Tired, and suffering a growing list of casualties, the numerical inferiority of Guiscard’s squadrons battling on the plain at last began to tell. (24 words)

Henry was crowned emperor by his creature, but Robert Guiscard, with whom in the meantime Gregory had formed an alliance, was already marching on the city. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Falkner: Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles, 61 Alerted to the situation de Guiscard ordered an immediate attack with 14 squadrons of French dragoons currently stationed in the rear. (28 words)

De Guiscard’s right flank, without proper infantry support, could no longer resist the onslaught and, turning their horses northwards, they broke and fled in complete disorder. (27 words)

When Gregory VII was hard pressed by Henry IV, Robert Guiscard left him to his fate, and only intervened when he himself was threatened with German arms. (27 words)

Example sentences (6)

De Guiscard’s right flank, without proper infantry support, could no longer resist the onslaught and, turning their horses northwards, they broke and fled in complete disorder.

Falkner: Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles, 61 Alerted to the situation de Guiscard ordered an immediate attack with 14 squadrons of French dragoons currently stationed in the rear.

Henry was crowned emperor by his creature, but Robert Guiscard, with whom in the meantime Gregory had formed an alliance, was already marching on the city.

The Norman danger subsided with the death of Guiscard in 1085, and the Byzantines recovered most of their losses.

Tired, and suffering a growing list of casualties, the numerical inferiority of Guiscard’s squadrons battling on the plain at last began to tell.

When Gregory VII was hard pressed by Henry IV, Robert Guiscard left him to his fate, and only intervened when he himself was threatened with German arms.

Common combinations with guiscard

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "guiscard" in a sentence?
An example: "De Guiscard’s right flank, without proper infantry support, could no longer resist the onslaught and, turning their horses northwards, they broke and fled in complete disorder." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "guiscard" from authentic English texts.
What does "guiscard" mean?
Guiscard means: the sobriquet of Robert de Hauteville, a Norman adventurer remembered for the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily, founder of the County of Sicily
How many example sentences with "guiscard" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "guiscard", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.