Dieu et mon droit

American  

[dyœ ey mawn drwa] / ˈdjœ eɪ mɔ̃ ˈdrwa /

French.

1. God and my right: motto on the royal arms of England.

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Dieu et mon droit British  

/ djø e mɔ̃ drwa /

1. God and my right: motto of the Royal Arms of Great Britain

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Example Sentences

Leicestrensis on cachecope bell, 407. —— on churchwarden's accounts of St. Mary-de-Castro, 352. —— on Dieu et mon droit, 407.

From Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Beneath it is the King's arms, with the usual motto, Dieu et mon droit, and under it, Vivat rex.

From London in 1731 by Gonzales, Don Manoel

III "Dogged does it" ought to be added to "Dieu et mon droit" and other devices of England.

From A Traveller in War-Time by Churchill, Winston

You need no words to vindicate you; you are a man, and can bear out all arrogance with the royal motto Dieu et mon droit.

From Ernest Maltravers — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron