| 单词 | rouge dragon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRouge Dragon Rouge Dragon n. one of the four pursuivants of the English College of Arms, named after the badge of Henry VII (the red dragon of Cadwallader), who instituted the office on the eve of his coronation in 1485. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > officer ranking below herald > English pursuivants Rouge Cross1485 Rouge Dragon1491 Bluemantle1504 portcullis1616 Rouge Croix1644 1491 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 179 To Roche Dragon purcyfant of Ingland. 1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. F3 Sergeants... Maister of the houshold. Sir Henrie Cocke cofferer. Rouge Dragon. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6084/4 Rouge Croix, Pursuivant of Arms. Rouge Dragon, Pursuivant of Arms. 1756 Connoisseur No. 102. ⁋1 Upon my accession..to my elder brother's estate and title of a Baronet I received a visit from Rouge Dragon. 1806 A. Duncan Nelson's Funeral 30 Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms, habited as Blue Mantle. 1869 F. J. Furnivall in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy Forewords p. xxiv To Mr. G. E. Adams, Rouge Dragon,..I tender hearty thanks. 1959 E. Waugh Let. 2 Sept. in M. Amory Lett. Evelyn Waugh (1980) 527 I knew a Rouge Dragon Pursuivant once. 1993 S. Friar & J. Ferguson Basic Heraldry iii. 74 The (English) Officers of Arms in Ordinary now comprise three kings of arms.., six heralds..and four poursuivants (Bluemantle, Portcullis, Rouge Croix, and Rouge Dragon). < as lemmas |
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