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fleur-de-lys

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fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys  (flûrd-l, flr-)
n. pl. fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys (flûrd-lz, flr-)
1. An iris, especially a white-flowered form of Iris germanica.
2. Heraldry A device consisting of a stylized three-petaled iris flower, used as the armorial emblem of the kings of France.
[Middle English flour de lice, from Old French flor de lis : flor, flower + de, of + lis, lily.]
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fleur-de-lis
fleur-de-lys or fleur-de-lis [flur-de-lee, flur-de-leez]
Noun
pl fleurs-de-lys or fleurs-de-lis a representation of a lily with three distinct petals [Old French flor de lis lily flower]
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Noun1.fleur-de-lysfleur-de-lys - (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
fleur-de-lis
armorial bearing, heraldic bearing, bearing, charge - heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
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Dame Aloise de Gondelaurier, a rich and noble woman, who held by the hand a pretty girl about five or six years of age, and dragged a long veil about, suspended to the golden horn of her headdress, halted as she passed the wooden bed, and gazed for a moment at the wretched creature, while her charming little daughter, Fleur-de-Lys de Gondelaurier, spelled out with her tiny, pretty finger, the permanent inscription attached to the wooden bed: "Foundlings.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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