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POURSUIVANT

Volume 17 · 77 words · 1815 Edition

or Pursuivant, in Heraldry, the lowest order of officers at arms.—They are properly attendants on the heralds when they marshal public ceremonies. Of these in England there were formerly many; but at present there are only four, viz. blue-mantle, rouge-crois, rouge-dragon, and port-cullice. In Scotland there is only one king at arms, who is styled Lyon; and has under him no less than six heralds, as many pursuivants, and a great many messengers at arms. See Lyon.