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Definition of Leopards
1. leopard [n] - See also: leopard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leopards
Literary usage of Leopards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"3 leopards Some of these are probably Lions. Arg. three leopards in ... Per fess
embattled gu. and sa. three leopards pass. arg. spotted of the second. ..."
2. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"THE Emperor hath numbers of leopards trained to the chase,1 and hath also a great
many ... The leopards were kept in a ditch of the Castle of Amboise. ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1893)
"On leopards. THE leopard is not a very well-known wild beast. It has occupied
only a comparatively small space in the popular literature of natural history. ..."
4. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"per chev. ar. and gu. a crescent betw. two leopards' faces ... Chapman, per chev.
gu. and ;u. three leopards' heads ..."
5. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men by William Hone (1832)
"Tho«e of England have not only been called by the old English heralds leopards,
but eve» by English historians, at Mr. Howel, in his History of England, ..."
6. The Ain i Akbari by Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, Henry Blochmann, Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1873)
"Carts even are made for the leopards, and are drawn by horses or cattle ; or they
are made to sit on horses; and sometimes they are carried by men in ..."
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