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segreant, a. Her.|ˈsɛgriːənt|
Forms: 6–7 sergreant, 8 Dicts. sergreiant, 7– segreant.
[Originally sergreant, of obscure etymology; probably corrupt; s'érigeant (‘erecting itself’) has been conjectured.]
An epithet applied to a griffin (in quot. a 1695, perh. erroneously, to a falcon).
The real meaning of the term seems to be unknown. In some examples it is combined with passant; if this be not an error, the explanation in modern books, ‘Rampant with wings expanded’, cannot be correct.
a1550in Baring-Gould & Twigge West. Armory (1898) 5 Bligh: Azur a griffon sergreant arg. 1562Legh Armory 106 A Griffin sergreant Or.—Wherefore saye you Sergreante?—For that he is halfe byrd, half beast. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxvi. 181 Hee beareth Argent, a Griffon Passant, his wings displaied Sable... Leigh in his Blazon of this Beast, addeth this word Sergreant, in regard of his two-fold forme. c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §95 (1810) 91 A Griffin, segreant, or. 1682Gibbon Introd. Lat. Blasoniam 60 Segreant..is the proper term for a Griffon displaying his Wings, Segreant ses aisles, as ready to fly. a1695Wood Oxford (O.H.S.) III. 146 Armes are ‘parted per chevron azure and argent, in chief two falcons sergreant or’. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 415 On a wreath, a gryphon passant, segreant, sable. |