What does "pursuivant" mean?
Pursuivant: The king's messenger; a state messenger. One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered. Macaulay.
Additional senses
- 2.To pursue. [Obs. & R.] Their navy was pursuivanted after with a horrible tempest. Fuller.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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