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Definition of Segreant
1. Adjective. (heraldry) A posture of winged quadrupeds, a shorthand for "rampant, wings elevated and addorsed". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Segreant
1. segolate [n SEGREANT] - See also: segolate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Segreant
Literary usage of Segreant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"per bend sinister or and az. a griffin segreant, counterchanged, all within a
bordure engr. and compony ar. and sa.—Crest, a stag's head quarterly, ..."
2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Az. a chev. wavy betw. three griffins segreant or. vert armed and ... Gu. a chev.
erm. betw. three griffins segreant those in chief combatant (of the second ..."
3. Scottish Armorial Seals by William Rae Macdonald (1904)
"A griffin segreant within a royal tressure ? represented as a bordure charged with
... Katrine, spouse of John Swinton of that Ilk. A griffin segreant. ..."
4. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"Azure, a griffin segreant or, is the coat of the Portuguese ROBALOS, ... Gules,
a griffin segreant argent, are the arms of English families of BRENT, ..."
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