poursuivant
English edit
Noun edit
poursuivant (plural poursuivants)
- Archaic form of pursuivant.
- 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:
- 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!
References edit
- “poursuivant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Participle edit
poursuivant
Noun edit
poursuivant m (plural poursuivants)
Further reading edit
- “poursuivant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.