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sanglant

sanglant adjective: bloodstained.

Adjective

sanglant (not comparable)

  1. Bloodstained.
    • BERSANTER , or BERSAWTER, ar. three boars' heads sanglant, sa.1830, Thomas Robson (engraver.), The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
    • The couchant lion armed and langued, with his paw upon the open book, is indeed, the crest; but what a shield — Tincture upon tincture; azure: a cross sanguine, with a lamb sanglant in the dexter chief!1843, The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents Respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, &c, page 38

Questions about sanglant

What does sanglant mean?
Sanglant means bloodstained.
What part of speech is sanglant?
Sanglant is an adjective.

Words near sanglant in the dictionary

  1. sangioveses
  2. Sangir
  3. Sangirese
  4. sangivamycin
  5. Sangkal
  6. sanglant
  7. sanglay
  8. sanglayes
  9. sanglays
  10. Sanglechi
  11. sangley

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