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Webster 1913 Edition


Beauseant


Beauˊseˊant′

,
Noun.
[F.
beaucéant
.]
The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

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beauseant

beauseant

English

Noun

beauseant (plural beauseants)

  1. The black and white standard of the Knights Templar.
    • 1871, Charles Whitlock Moore, The Freemason's monthly magazine: Volume 30 (page 373)
      The air has been gay with waving plumes and resplendent beauseants; the streets of the Monumental City have echoed with the measured tramp of six thousand gallant Knights, gathered from all parts of the Union []