Wiktionary
n. (context heraldiccharge English) (alternative form of fleur-de-lis English)
WordNet
n. (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris [syn: fleur-de-lis]
[also: fleurs-de-lys (pl)]
Usage examples of "fleur-de-lys".
Many wore the silver fleur-de-lys suspended from the white-watered ribbon, which had not yet wholly disappeared from button-holes in the year 1817.
At each triumph, Gwalchmai saw a single new fleur-de-lys flash into added brilliance, and when proud Rheims opened its gates for Charles, the Dauphin, to enter for his coronation, the flag shone in its entirety as he had seen it first—but, he knew with surety, not for Charles.
They gathered there briefly like winging fleur-de-lys and in their whirling center, Jeanne watched them and leaned back hi the saddle, laughing with head thrown back as Gwalchmai had so often seen his lost love do, no soldier for this brief time, only a young girl, happy in the summer sun.