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ayrant

ayrant adjective: nesting.

Adjective

ayrant (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Nesting.
    • Bygbery, [Devon,] az. an eagle, ayrant, or, armed gu.1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry
    • Az. an eagle ayrant or armed gu. BYGBERY, CO. Devon. […] Gu. an eagle ayrant or. BARDOLPH, Norfolk.1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, pages 299–300

Origin of ayrant

Related to Middle English aire, ayre, eyre (“hawk's nest”), -ant.

Questions about ayrant

What does ayrant mean?
Ayrant means nesting.
What part of speech is ayrant?
Ayrant is an adjective.

Words near ayrant in the dictionary

  1. ayr
  2. Ayrab
  3. Ayrabs
  4. ayrag
  5. ayran
  6. ayrant
  7. Ayrarat
  8. ayre
  9. ayres
  10. Ayrford
  11. ayrie

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