pursuivant
pursuivant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The king's messenger; a state messenger. One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered. Macaulay.
- 2.To pursue. [Obs. & R.] Their navy was pursuivanted after with a horrible tempest. Fuller.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ambassador
- apparitor
- bag
- bearer
- bellman
- boy
- cable
- carrier
- chore
- commissionaire
- correspondent
- courier
- crier
- dak
- delivery
- diplomatist
- electronic
- emissary
- envoy
- errand
- estafette
- express
- flag
- gentleman
- herald
- information
- informer
- internuncio
- legate
- letter
- marshal
- messenger
- news
- newsboy
- nuncio
- office
- overnight
- own
- penny-a-liner
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pursuivant.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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