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Definition of Pursuivant
1. n. A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively.
2. v. t. To pursue.
Definition of Pursuivant
1. Noun. (archaic) follower ¹
2. Noun. (heraldry) a herald of the College of Arms ¹
3. Noun. (freemasonry) a Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pursuivant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pursuivant
Literary usage of Pursuivant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"And now I am come to town, that I bring not my letter myself, the cause is, for
that being sent for by a pursuivant, I was loath to be attached before I had ..."
2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... Blew mantle pursuivant of Arn i es in the Year of our Lord 1614 ; with wood
cuts (1620), folio. This heraldic visitation contains 102 pedigrees, ..."
3. The New Free-mason's Monitor, Or, Masonic Guide: For the Direction of by James Hardie (1819)
"OF THE GRAND TYLER AND GRAND pursuivant. Both these officers must be master ...
The duty of the pursuivant, is to stand at the inward tide of the door, ..."
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