flottant

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English

Adjective

flottant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Alternative form of flotant.
    • 1856, David MacGregor Peter, The baronage of Angus and Mearns, page 96:
      gules; second, Azure, a sinister hand a paumee, couped, in pale, argent; third, Or, a galley, sails furled, oars in action, sable, flags flottant, gules; fourth, Argent, out of a mount in base, an oak-tree, vert 
    • 1881, Scottish Arms, Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A. D. 1370-1678, page 264:
      with tassels flottant upwards or;
    • 1903, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 417:
      each surrounded by a banner flottant from the sides, the dexter flag charged with a cross, the sinister with a saltire, gules. The badge of the Order of St. Patrick is prescribed by the statutes of the Order, 28th February, 1783, wherein the saltire gules 

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Adjective

flottant (feminine flottante, masculine plural flottants, feminine plural flottantes)

  1. floating
  2. (figuratively) vacillating, fluctuating, indecisive, variable

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Participle

flottant

  1. present participle of flotter

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