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fleurs-de-lis

fleurs-de-lis is the plural 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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Questions about fleurs-de-lis

What is fleurs-de-lis the plural of?
Fleurs-de-lis is the plural of fleur-de-lis.

Words near fleurs-de-lis in the dictionary

  1. Fleuri
  2. fleuron
  3. fleurons
  4. fleurs
  5. fleurs de sel
  6. fleurs-de-lis
  7. fleurs-de-lys
  8. Fleurville
  9. fleury
  10. Fleury-les-Aubrais
  11. Fleurys

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