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Rouge Dragon

British  
/ ˌruːʒ ˈdræɡən /

noun

  1. a pursuivant at the English college of arms

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There were traditional roles with baffling titles such as Bluemantle Pursuivant and Rouge Dragon Pursuivant and a number of men seemed to be entirely dressed in medieval flags.

From BBC May 6, 2023

In one of Britain's better pageants, the Queen spoke from a golden throne in the gilded House of Lords, surrounded by such royal functionaries as her Gold Stick in Waiting and the Rouge Dragon Pursuivant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mummery of Portcullis and Rouge Dragon, as it has no other value than that which caprice has assigned to it, may well submit to any laws which caprice may impose on it.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

“The Marchioness of Blandford,” says Frank, “don't you know—hath not Rouge Dragon told you?”

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

The credit of identifying these worthies is due to Mr. Everard Green, Rouge Dragon, who in 1899 communicated the result of his researches to Viscount Dillon, President of the Society of Antiquaries.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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