"tresayle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tresayles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French trisayeul, from Latin tris, tres (“three”) + French aïeul (“grandfather”). Compare besaiel, and see ayle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|trisayeul}} Middle French trisayeul, {{der|en|la|tris}} Latin tris, {{der|en|fr|aïeul|t=grandfather}} French aïeul (“grandfather”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tresayle (plural tresayles)
  1. (obsolete) A grandfather's grandfather; a great-great-grandfather. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Male family members Derived forms: writ of tresayle Related terms: ayle, besaiel, quatrayle
    Sense id: en-tresayle-en-noun-rZRkAdqc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Thomas Boston Clarkson, whose genealogy is given in the third pamphlet, was born in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 4, 1809. His maternal grandmother was Christiana, daughter of Thomas Boston, V.D.M., whose ancestry is traced back five generations to her tresayle, Andrew Boston, born in Ayre, Scotland, about 1597.",
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