poursuivant

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A form of pursuivant — A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.

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Meanings

nounpoursuivant (plural poursuivants)

plural poursuivants

  1. archaicArchaic form of pursuivant.
    1 more example

    1st Ret. Ay—do—push, friends, and then you ’ll push down me. / —What for? Does any hear a runner’s foot, / Or a steed’s trample, or a coach-wheel’s cry? / Is the Earl come or his least poursuivant? / But there ’s no breeding in a man of you / Save Gerard yonder: here ’s a half-place yet, / Old Gerard!

    1843, Robert Browning, “A Blot in the ’Scutcheon. A Tragedy.”, in Poems […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1849, →OCLC, act I, scene I, pages 3–4
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MLA

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Chicago

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