Blue Mantle

British  

noun

1. one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms

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Example Sentences

The seized Egyptian objects include painted linen fragments and a portrait of a woman on a panel, Lady with a Blue Mantle, valued at more than $1.2 million.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

The King-at-Arms received from the hands of Blue Mantle the cushion of silver cloth, knelt down, and presented the black portfolio on the cushion to the Lord Chancellor.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

‘Take,’ said Blue Mantle, ‘of the fruits of the earth, and specially of this, which gives drink and meat and ointment to man,’ suddenly offering a large cocoa-nut.

From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

Pursuivant, one of the junior officers in the Heralds' College, four in England, named respectively Rouge Croix, Blue Mantle, Rouge Dragon, and Portcullis; and three in Scotland, named respectively Bute, Carrick, and Unicorn.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Blue Mantle was on the watch and came quickly forward.

From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)