rampant
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- adjective
- /ˈræmpənt/
- Specialized
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rampante
- Crescent moons, portcullises, beasts couchant and rampant, bars, bezants...
- rampant lion
And that's why Millwall, the Lions, it's a lion rampant.
- And that's why Millwall, the Lions, it's a lion rampant.
Examples
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At the top of its title page is a deftly altered version of the College arms: a pitchfork has been inserted into the elevated right foreleg of its crowned, rampant lion.
Academic text (1999) -
Three lions rampant.
Fiction book (1991) -
You see, upright, rampant, on his two hind feet.
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A porcupine rampant on a field of fleur-de-lis.
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Now what of this lion rampant in his mangy carcass?
Fiction book (1991) -
The design on the cups and the teapot, as well as the creamer, was an old coat of arms with a shield and two spotted cats rampant.
Fiction book (1990) -
So too, one of the king's umbrellas was described by Skertchly as being "surmounted by a green lion rampant reguardant" (1874:196).
Academic text (1990) -
A very large caiman was rampant on the wall behind him, not discreetly tubular like the Egyptian mummy, but clawed, curved, and brightly glazed.
Fiction book (1998) -
The coat of arms featured a golden lion rampant on a red shield, symbolizing bravery and strength.
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In the family crest, there is a silver wolf rampant, representing the warrior spirit of the clan.
Synonyms
Standing on the hind legs with front legs raised like a horse or lion
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rampant comes from an old French verb ramper meaning 'to climb' or 'to rear up', and in a coat of arms it shows an animal standing on its hind legs. So a rampant lion is shown 'rearing up', which is exactly the heraldry meaning.