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English
Noun
poursuivant (plural poursuivants)
- Archaic form of pursuivant.
1843, Robert Browning, “A Blot in the ’Scutcheon. A Tragedy.”, in Poems , new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, , published 1849, →OCLC, act I, scene I, pages 3–4:1st Ret. Ay—do—push, friends, and then you ’ll push down me. / —What for? Does any hear a runner’s foot, / Or a steed’s trample, or a coach-wheel’s cry? / Is the Earl come or his least poursuivant? / But there ’s no breeding in a man of you / Save Gerard yonder: here ’s a half-place yet, / Old Gerard!
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French
Noun
poursuivant m (plural poursuivants, feminine poursuivante)
- pursuer
- prosecutor
Adjective
poursuivant (feminine poursuivante, masculine plural poursuivants, feminine plural poursuivantes)
- pursuing, chasing, prosecuting
Participle
poursuivant
- present participle of poursuivre
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