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pours
(encz) | pours,lije |
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it never rains but it pours
(encz) | it never rains but it pours,vše se vždy pokazí naráz [fráz.] Pino |
vapours
(encz) | vapours, n: |
when it rains it pours
(encz) | when it rains it pours, |
Poursuivant
(gcide) | Poursuivant \Pour"sui*vant\, n.
See Pursuivant.
[1913 Webster]Pursuivant \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.
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The herald Hope, forerunning Fear,
And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope. --Longfellow.
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2. The king's messenger; a state messenger.
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One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant
there was murdered. --Macaulay.
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poursuivant
(gcide) | Poursuivant \Pour"sui*vant\, n.
See Pursuivant.
[1913 Webster]Pursuivant \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.
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The herald Hope, forerunning Fear,
And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope. --Longfellow.
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2. The king's messenger; a state messenger.
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One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant
there was murdered. --Macaulay.
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vapours
(wn) | vapours
n 1: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
[syn: blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors,
vapours] |
POURSUIVANT
(bouvier) | POURSUIVANT. A follower, a pursuer. In the ancient English law, it signified
an officer who attended upon the king in his wars, at the council table,
exchequer, in his court, &e., to be sent as a messenger. A poursuivant was,
therefore, a messenger of the king.
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