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repassant

repassant adjective: counterpassant.

Adjective

repassant (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Counterpassant.
    • [...] Hee beareth, Sable, two lyoncels, the one paffant, the other repassant, Argent, both collared, Gules, but in mine opinion no man by this last blazon is able to tricke, or expresse the true portraiture and manner of the bearing of these lioncels, […]1638, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 194
    • REPASSANT, a. [...] in her., term applied when two lions or other animals are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking toward the dexter side of the shield in the usual way, and the other repassant by going toward the sinister.1891, Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, page 23

Origin of repassant

Compare French repassant (present participle of repasser).

Questions about repassant

What does repassant mean?
Repassant means counterpassant.
What part of speech is repassant?
Repassant is an adjective.

Words near repassant in the dictionary

  1. Repasky
  2. Repaskys
  3. repass
  4. repassage
  5. repassages
  6. repassant
  7. repassed
  8. repasses
  9. repassing
  10. repassings
  11. repassion

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