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fleur-de-lys

[ flur-dl-ee, -ees, floor-; French flœr-duh-lees ]

noun

, plural fleurs-de-lys [flur-dl-, eez, fl, oo, r-, fl, œ, r, -d, uh, -, lees].


fleur-de-lys

/ ˌflɜːdəˈliː /

noun

  1. heraldry a charge representing a lily with three distinct petals
  2. another name for iris
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fleur-de-lys1

C19: from Old French flor de lis , literally: lily flower
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Example Sentences

Her tomb is said to be still extant, and to be distinguished by a fleur de lys impressed on it by command of the King.

They will be sure to have put up at the Fleur de Lys, it is the only hostelry where they could find decent accommodation.

The gland, which takes all intermediary forms between ball and point, has in the rhinoceros the shape of a gross fleur-de-lys.

Between them the hour is divided into quarters, the half hour being shown by a longer stroke, or an ornament like a fleur-de-lys.

It will be noticed that in the three marks of different members of 224 the family the fleur-de-lys appears.

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