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signifer Now rare.|ˈsɪgnɪfə(r)|
[a. L. signifer, f. signum sign n. + -fer bearing. So obs. F. signifer (in sense 2).]
†1. The Zodiac. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 1020 Cynthea hir char-hors over-raughte..And Signifer his kandles sheweth brighte. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xvi. 1582 His coursse haldande be hym selff..Sex monethe and twa ȝher Fra he entre in þe Signifere. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 89 He knew..Of signifer the greit obliquitie Fra Aries to Cancer. 1601Holland Pliny ii. iv, The circle called Signifer, or the Zodiake.
2. A standard-bearer, leader.
c1450Holland Howlat 359 The Empriour Almane the armes he weris, As signifer souerane. 1596Warner Alb. Eng. x. lix. (1602) 257 Now to the Tribes was Dauid as the Zodiacke in the Signes, Euen Signifer to euery Prince that circled his Confines. 1902Speaker 14 June 305/2 Quiet are Clan and Chief, and quiet Centurion and Signifer.
So sigˈniferent [cf. OF. signiferant], sigˈniferous adjs., bearing a standard.
1656Blount Glossogr., Signiferous,..that bears a sign, Standard or Image. 1819Blackw. Mag. V. 548 Let the present work..be lauded in the tuneful periods of his signiferent admirer. |