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créquier

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From French créquier, from Old French crekere, derived from Old French creque, creke, borrowed from Middle Dutch crieke, related to Middle High German kreke (whence German Krieche (“damson plum”)).

noun créquiers

  1. A highly stylized tree of seven (less commonly, five) symmetrical branches, typically also depicted fruited, typically identified in English and French heraldic works as a wild cherry or wild plum. 83, the arms of the Créquy family are the créquier gules on a field or; see the picture.

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Françaiscréquier
Italianovepre

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"créquier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cr%C3%A9quier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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créquier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cr%C3%A9quier

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"créquier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cr%C3%A9quier.

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@misc{cre_quier_2026,
  title = {créquier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cr%C3%A9quier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}