Meanings
- not comparablepostpositionalgovernmentOf gold; golden.
1617, William Camden, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries - description of coat of arms On a shield azure Apollo, the inventor of phisique, proper, with his head radiant, holdinge in his left hand a bowe, and his right hande an arrow d'or […]
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‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’
1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
Origin
French, from de (“of”) + or (“gold”).
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d'or. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d'or
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