Dieu et mon droit

American  

[dyœ ay 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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Dieu et mon droit

Suppose their rights had never been violated, he says: "They would have held their heads higher; they would have been proud and dignified, and perhaps might have taken for their motto, Dieu et mon droit."

From Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney

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 Don Manoel Gonzales

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 — Volume 07 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

Battle of Gisors, France; Richard Coeur de Lion defeats the French; his war-cry, "Dieu et mon droit" later became the motto to the arms of England.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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 Winston Churchill

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