esperance noun.
['ɛsp(ǝ)r(ǝ)ns] LME.[Old & mod. French espérance, from espérer to hope from Latin sperare: see -ANCE.]Expectation, hope.
obsolete exc.
Hist. as the motto of the Percy family, used as a battle-cry.
■ Shakespeare 1 Henry IV Now Esperance! Percy! And set on. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲