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william tell

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1. Tell, William Tellnoun

   a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)

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1. William Tell

   William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] (listen); French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of the Austrian dukes of the House of Habsburg positioned in Altdorf, in the canton of Uri. Tell's defiance and tyrannicide encouraged the population to open rebellion and a pact against the foreign rulers with neighbouring Schwyz and Unterwalden, marking the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy. Tell was considered the father of the Swiss Confederacy. Set in the early 14th century (traditional date 1307, during the rule of Albert of Habsburg), the first written records of the legend date to the latter part of the 15th century, when the Swiss Confederacy was gaining military and political influence. Tell is a central figure in Swiss national historiography, along with Arnold von Winkelried, the hero of Sempach (1386). He was important as a symbol during the formative stage of modern Switzerland in the 19th century, known as the period of Restoration and Regeneration, as well as in the wider history of 18th- to 19th-century Europe as a symbol of resistance against aristocratic rule, especially in the Revolutions of 1848 against the House of Habsburg which had ruled Austria for centuries.

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1. william tell

   William Tell is a legendary Swiss folk hero famed for his exceptional skills as a marksman. According to popular myth, he was a 14th-century Swiss patriot forced by a tyrannical imperial governor to shoot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow. His refusal to salute the governor's hat, which was placed on a pole, led to this consequence. After successfully shooting the apple without harming his son, he sparked a revolution that ultimately led to the formation of the Swiss Confederation. William Tell is a symbolic figure of bravery and defiance against oppression in Swiss culture.

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1. William Tell

   William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland. His legend is recorded in a late 15th-century Swiss chronicle. It is set in the period of the original foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the early 14th century. According to the legend, Tell—an expert marksman with the crossbow—assassinated Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of Habsburg Austria positioned in Altdorf, Uri. Along with Arnold Winkelried, Tell is a central figure in Swiss patriotism as it was constructed during the Restoration of the Confederacy after the Napoleonic era.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of william tell in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of william tell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of william tell in a Sentence

1. Dan Rather:

   An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

2. Matthew Thompson:

   I don’t play a lot. It’s not something that comes naturally to me, my wife is much more playful. I came home one day to find them riding brooms around the house and blaring the ‘William Tell Overture.’ I just kind of watched. I play hide-and-seek and other games, but a lot of times I just support my wife in what she and kids are already doing.

References

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