créquier
créquier noun: a highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum.
Noun
créquier (plural créquiers)
- A highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum.
- 83, the arms of the Créquy family are the créquier gules on a field or; see the picture.1882, Notes and Queries, page 419
- Gules, a créquier argent, are the arms of LE JOSNE (now LE JEUNE) Marquis DE CONTOY. Argent , a nut tree eradicated vert, is borne by NOZIER, and NOGARET in France, and by FACCHINETTI in Italy.1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 335
Forms of créquier
| plural | créquiers |
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Origin of créquier
From French créquier, from Old French crekere, derived from Old French creque, creke, borrowed from Middle Dutch crieke, related to Middle High German kreke (whence German Krieche (“damson plum”)).
Questions about créquier
- What does créquier mean?
- Créquier means a highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum.
- What part of speech is créquier?
- Créquier is a noun.
- What is the plural of créquier?
- The plural of créquier is créquiers.
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