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Home Dictionary Name: rouge dragonPoursuivant
Poursuivant, a king's messenger; those employed in martial causes were called Poursuivants-at-Arms.There are, at present, in the Heralds' Office four poursuivants, distinguished by the names following:-(1) Rouge Croix.--Instituted at an uncertain period, but generally considered to be the most ancient. The title was doubtless derived from the cross of St. George.(2) Blue Mantle..--An office instituted by Edward III. or Henry V., and named either in allusion to the colour of the arms of France or to that of the robes of the Order of the Garter.(3) Rouge Dragon.--This poursuivancy was founded by Henry VII. on the day before his coronation, the name being derived from the ensign of his ancestor, Cadwaladyr. He also assumed a red dragon as the dexter supporter of his arms.(4) Portcullis.--This office was instituted by the same monarch, from one of whose badges the title was derived. See HERALD. As to the office of Paurguivant of the Great seal, ss. 37 & 38, Vict. C. 81....
Herald
Herald [fr. here, Sax., an army, and heald, a champion; herault, heraut, Fr.; herald, Ger.; araldo, Ital.; because it was part of his office to charge or challenge unto battle or combat], an officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were anciently called Dukes at Arms, probably from the Latin ducere ad arma; because the conducting of affairs concerning peace and war devolved upon them, their office being to carry messages to the enemy, and to proclaim war and peace. Hence the persons of heralds were deemed sacred by the law of nations, and were received and protected by belligerent powers, as flags of truce are in the present day. The three chief heralds are called Kings of Arms; of whom (1) Garter is the principal, instituted by Henry V. His office is to attend the Knights of the Garter at their solemnities, and to marshal the funerals of the nobility. (2) Clarencieux King...
Rouge dragon
One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms...
Dragons blood
See Dragons blood Dragons head etc under Dragon...
Dracontic
Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution from ascending node to ascending node See Dragons head under Dragon...
Bonnet rouge
The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch hence a revolutionist a Red Republican...
Colcothar
Polishing rouge a reddish brown oxide of iron used in polishing glass and also as a pigment called also crocus Martis...
Rouge
red...
Safflower
An annual composite plant Carthamus tinctorius the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge bastard or false saffron...
Basilisk
A fabulous serpent or dragon The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents and that its breath and even its look was fatal See Cockatrice...
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