n. 1. An officer in the British Colleges of Heralds who ranks below a herald. 2. A follower or attendant. [Middle English pursevant, attendant, from Old French poursuivant, from present participle of poursuivre, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *prōsequere; see PURSUE.] |
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