flower-de-luce
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flower-de-luce
1630–40; Anglicization of French fleur de lis
Example Sentences
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Sir William rose to stand by the window, and his gaze softened towards the sunlit meadows where buttercups swayed with daisies, and blue flower-de-luce quivered in the wind.
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Both are related to the flower-de-luce, the stately lily of France.
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It is uncertain whether the conventional fleur-de-lis was originally meant to represent the lily or white iris—the flower-de-luce of Shakespeare—or an arrow-head, a spear-head, an amulet fastened on date-palms to ward off the evil eye, &c.
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When the Iberian quaked, her worthies named; And the fair flower-de-luce grew pale, set by The red rose and the white!
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The court will rest from chase in this smooth glade That slopes to meet yon little rushy stream, Where in the shallows nod the arrow-heads, And the blue flower-de-luce's banners gleam.
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