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fleur de lis

fleur de lis is the alternative form of fleur-de-lis.

Meaning of fleur-de-lis

Noun

fleur-de-lis (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleur-de-lises or fleur-de-lisses)

  1. A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
    • Adorned all with gemmes of endlesse price, […] And all embost with Lyons and with Flour-delice.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (scouting) The main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness.

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Forms of fleur de lis

pluralfleurs de lis
pluralfleur de lises
pluralfleur de lisses

Questions about fleur de lis

What is fleur de lis the alternative form of?
Fleur de lis is the alternative form of fleur-de-lis.

Words near fleur de lis in the dictionary

  1. Flettners
  2. fletton
  3. flettons
  4. Fletts
  5. fleur
  6. fleur de lis
  7. Fleur de Lys
  8. fleur de sel
  9. fleur-de-lis
  10. fleur-de-lised
  11. fleur-de-lises

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