affronté

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affronté

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Borrowed from French affronté, past participle of affronter (“to confront, face”).

adjective affrontée · affrontee · affronty

not comparable Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other. ... viz. quarterly, first and fourth gules, on a cheveron argent, a rose betwixt two lions affronté gules, for Hepburn; second and third argent, an orle gules, and in chief three martlets sable, for Rutherford; crest, a horse[…]
Similar: confronté · Opposite: addorsed
not comparable Looking frontwise, or toward the viewer. The crest of SCOTLAND [ - A lion affronté gules, crowned imperially Or, in the dexter paw a sceptre erect, surmounted by a fleur de lis gold; in the[…] ]

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@misc{affronte_2026,
  title = {affronté},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/affront%C3%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}