Definition of Pursoivant
Pursuivant, one of the junior officers in the Heralds' College, four
in England, named respectively Rouge Croix, Blue Mantle, Rouge Dragon,
and Portcullis; and three in Scotland, named respectively Bute, Carrick,
and Unicorn.
- Wikipedia
Pur"sui*vant (?), n. [F.
poursuivant, fr. poursuivre. See Pursue, and cf.
Pursuant.] [Written also poursuivant.]
1. (Heralds' College) A functionary of
lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called
also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used
figuratively.
The herald Hope, forerunning Fear,
And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope.
Longfellow.
2. The king's messenger; a state
messenger.
One pursuivant who attempted to execute a
warrant there was murdered. Macaulay.
Pur"sui*vant, v. t. To
pursue. [Obs. & R.]
Their navy was pursuivanted after with a
horrible tempest. Fuller.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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