Rouge Croix

/ ˌruːʒ ˈkrwɑː /

noun

1. a pursuivant at the English college of arms

Example Sentences

"We would never allow this as a new coat of arms," said John Petrie, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms at the college.

From BBC

He was educated at Brazen-nose College, Oxford, and became a member of the Herald’s College, London, in which he obtained the appointment of Rouge Croix Pursuivant, in 1617, which was owing to the appearance of his famous work, the “Display of Heraldry,” which first appeared in 1610, and has since gone through several other editions. 

From Project Gutenberg

Ralph Brooke, Rouge Croix pursuivant, and York herald, was contemporary with Camden and his violent adversary.

From Project Gutenberg

Rouge′-berr′y, a shrub of tropical America, whose berries supply a cosmetic; Rouge′-dish, a saucer containing a thin layer of dry rouge; Rouge-et-noir, a modern game of chance, played by the aid of packs of cards on a table covered with green cloth—also Trente-un and Trente-et-quarante.—Rouge croix, one of the four pursuivants of the English College of Heralds; Rouge dragon, one of the pursuivants of the Heralds' College.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1638 Dugdale was created a pursuivant of arms extraordinary by the name of Blanch Lyon, and in 1639 rouge croix pursuivant in ordinary.

From Project Gutenberg