erminee
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Cross_ermin%C3%A9e.png)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Old French erminé. Either inherited from Middle English ermyne (adj) or borrowed more recently from French erminé(e).
Adjective
[edit]erminee (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Of a cross: made up of four ermine spots arranged in the shape of a cross.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:erminee.
- (heraldry) Ermined.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:erminée.
Further reading
[edit]- “erminee”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.