See Also: Roland(dictionary)
Le Roland Garros(tourism)
Roland (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Petit, Roland(encyclopedia)
Chanson de Roland(encyclopedia)
Smith, David (Roland)(encyclopedia)
Barthes, Roland (Gerard)(encyclopedia)
Somerset Roland Gardens(tourism)
La Galissonniere, Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de(encyclopedia)
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen(tourism)

ancestry (oh) and Roland (iou)


ancestry (oh)



[C usually singular, U] formal
the members of your family who lived a long time ago
of ... ancestry
::Her mother is of German ancestry (=has German ancestors) .
::Helen's family can trace their ancestry back to the 1700s.

Roland (iou)



Roland noun. E16.
[The legendary nephew of Charlemagne, celebrated with his comrade Oliver in the Chanson de Roland, a medieval romance.]
A person comparable to Roland in respect of courage; a person who is a full match for another.
a Roland for an Oliver an effective retort; an effective retaliatory blow; a quid pro quo.