pursuivant

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There were traditional roles with baffling titles such as Bluemantle Pursuivant and Rouge Dragon Pursuivant and a number of men seemed to be entirely dressed in medieval flags.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

Pursuivant McCabe said people would never believe such “outlandish” things, anyway.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2018

"We would never allow this as a new coat of arms," said John Petrie, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms at the college.

From BBC • May 30, 2017

I'm The Funk Pursuivant … till my next balls-up.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2010

A Ballad sent by a Pursuivant to the Sheriffs of London and their Brethren on May Day at Bishop’s Wood, at an honorable dinner; each of them bringing his dish: by John Lydgate.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir