ESPERANCE
\ɛspˈɜːɹəns], \ɛspˈɜːɹəns], \ɛ_s_p_ˈɜː_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
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2010
- New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software
1913
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.
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es'p[.e]r-ans, n. (Shak.) hope. [Fr.,--L. sperans, pr.p. of sper[=a]re, to hope.]
1908
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson