issuant

[ ish-oo-uhnt ]

adjective

1. Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:

   a lion issuant.

issuant

/ ˈɪʃjʊənt /

adjective

1. heraldry emerging or issuing

Other Words From

• un·issu·ant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of issuant¹

First recorded in 1600–10; issue + -ant

Example Sentences

The crest of the ancient family of De la Bere is ‘a ducal coronet or, therefrom issuant a plume of five ostrich feathers per pale argent and azure.’

From Project Gutenberg

Among several other armorial ensigns dated from this same battle of Ascalon is the crest of Darrell, which may be briefly described as, ‘Out of a ducal coronet a Saracen’s head appropriately vested,’ and which was assumed by Sir Marmaduke Darrell, in commemoration of his having killed the infidel King of Cyprus; also the arms and crest of Minshull, of Cheshire, ‘Azure, an estoile issuant out of a crescent, in base argent.’

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P. 166: 'Servage est un subjection issuant de cy grand antiquite, que nul frank ceppe ne purra estre trouve par human remembrance.'

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Palo Alto is arguably one of the nation's most intense breeding grounds for youthful success and its issuant pressures, and as Craig tells us in goofy little flashbacks, that's the kind of community he lives in too.

From Time

Or, a demi-god, sable, issuant of flames, holding in right hand a sword and in the left a bow—all proper.

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