fleur-de-lis

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Turenne, who had entered the service of Spain and fired upon the fleur-de-lis.

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  1. noun An iris, especially a white-flowered form of Iris germanica.
  2. noun Heraldry A device consisting of a stylized three-petaled iris flower, used as the armorial emblem of the kings of France.

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  1. Middle English flour de lice, from Old French flor de lis : flor, flower + de, of + lis, lily.

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  1. Formerly also fleur-de-lys; French fleur de lis, flower of the lily: see flower and lily. In English half-translated, flow-er-de-lis, flower-de-luce, q. v.
 

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