Definitions for fleur-de-lis

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fleur-de-lis fleur-de-lis

Spelling: [flur-dl-ee, -ees, floo r-; French fl

IPA: /ˌflɜr dlˈi, -ˈis, ˌflʊər-; French flœr dəˈlis/

Fleur-De-Lis is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 481 anagrams from letters in fleur-de-lis (--deefillrsu).

Definitions for fleur-de-lis

noun

1. a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
2. the heraldic bearing of the royal family of France.
3. the iris flower or plant.

Origin of fleur-de-lis

1300-50; French; replacing Middle English flourdelis Anglo-French flour de lis, literally, lily flower

Examples for fleur-de-lis

It is often seen in the conventional form of the fleur-de-lis.

It was further decorated with a border of fleur-de-lis in seed pearls.

You yourself do not now swear faith to the tricolour or the fleur-de-lis.

Bigot's letters by the fleur-de-lis were calculated to alarm him.

The Iris is the fleur-de-lis of France, which was for long the royal emblem.

The Precentor: Argent, on a saltire azure a fleur-de-lis or.

The scout badge is not intended to represent the fleur-de-lis, or an arrowhead.

It carries the arms of Sampietroonly the fleur-de-lis of France is missing.

The fleur-de-lis was not always confined to royalty as a badge.

Her poetry was symbolized by the fleur-de-lis with its penetrating perfume.