flottant

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A form of flotant — Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water.

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Meanings

adjectiveflottant (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparablegovernmentAlternative form of flotant.

    […] with tassels flottant upwards or; […]

    1881, Scottish Arms, Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A. D. 1370-1678, page 264
    2 more examples

    […] gules; second, Azure, a sinister hand a paumee, couped, in pale, argent; third, Or, a galley, sails furled, oars in action, sable, flags flottant, gules; fourth, Argent, out of a mount in base, an oak-tree, vert[…]

    1856, David MacGregor Peter, The baronage of Angus and Mearns, page 96

    […] each surrounded by a banner flottant from the sides, the dexter flag charged with a cross, the sinister with a saltire, gules. The badge of the Order of St. Patrick is prescribed by the statutes of the Order, 28th February, 1783, wherein the saltire gules[…]

    1903, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 417
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APA

flottant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flottant

MLA

“flottant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flottant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flottant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flottant.

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