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affrontée

affrontée is the alternative form of affronté.

Meaning of affronté

Adjective

affronté (not comparable)

  1. Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other.
    • ... viz. quarterly, first and fourth gules, on a cheveron argent, a rose betwixt two lions affronté gules, for Hepburn; second and third argent, an orle gules, and in chief three martlets sable, for Rutherford; crest, a horse[…]1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry, speculative and practical: with the true art of Blazon ... Illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and achievements of the most...
    Synonyms:
    confronté
    Antonyms:
    addorsed
  2. Looking frontwise, or toward the viewer.
    • The crest of SCOTLAND [ - A lion affronté gules, crowned imperially Or, in the dexter paw a sceptre erect, surmounted by a fleur de lis gold; in the[…] ]1889, The Calvert Papers, page 42

Questions about affrontée

What is affrontée the alternative form of?
Affrontée is the alternative form of affronté.

Words near affrontée in the dictionary

  1. affrontment
  2. affrontments
  3. affronts
  4. affronty
  5. affronté
  6. affrontée
  7. affs
  8. afft.
  9. affts.
  10. affulgence
  11. affulgent

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