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William Tell

noun

  1. a legendary Swiss patriot forced by the Austrian governor to shoot an apple off his son's head with bow and arrow.


Tell, William

  1. A legendary hero of Switzerland , famous for his skill as an archer. A tyrannical official forced him to shoot an apple off his son's head.


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Example Sentences

Every night on the radio, The Lone Ranger came on, and we learned to love the sound of the William Tell Overture.

His cruelty caused an insurrection in the country in 1307, and, according to tradition, he perished by the hand of William Tell.

I hear you are a famous shot, William Tell, and handle well the bow and arrow.

Of that struggle the first blow was struck by William Tell when he smote Gessler to the earth.

If the history of William Tell itself is unauthentic, we must not demand authenticity for its visible memorials and sites.

Knowles's "William Tell" , or the story embodied in it has been the basis of half a dozen travesties.

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