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Meaning of "gules" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GULES

From Old French gueules red fur worn around the neck, from gole throat, from Latin gulagullet.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GULES

ɡjuːlz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GULES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gules can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GULES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gules

In heraldry, gules /ˈɡjuːlz/ is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation. In Polish heraldry, gules is the most common tincture of the field. Through the sixteenth century, nearly half of all noble coats of arms in Poland had a field gules with one or more argent charges on them. The original coat of arms of the d'Albret family was plain gules. The gules tincture is said to represent the following: ▪ of jewels, the ruby; ▪ of heavenly bodies, Mars.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GULES

amazeballs · Arles · balls · Charles · coveralls · falls · Galashiels · heels · meals-on-wheels · mules · overalls · pools · Quarles · Rules · Schools · smalls · stalls · steels · walls · wheels

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GULES

guitarist · guitguit · Guitry · Guiyang · Guizhou · Guizot · Gujarat · Gujarati · Gujerat · Gujerati · Gujju · Gujranwala · gul · gula · Gulag · gular · Gulbenkian · gulch · gulden · gulf

WORDS THAT END LIKE GULES

Australian Rules · bend the rules · boules · branching rules · caules · coffee granules · Fleming´s rules · formation rules · Hercules · judges´ rules · Malpighian tubules · McNaghten Rules · McNaughten Rules · Pillars of Hercules · Queensberry rules · Rafferty rules · Rafferty´s rules · tax schedules · the Rules · transformational rules

Synonyms and antonyms of gules in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gules» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GULES

Find out the translation of gules to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gules from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gules» in English.
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红色
1,325 millions of speakers
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gules
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gules
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hi

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लाल रंग
380 millions of speakers
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غوليس
280 millions of speakers
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Gules
278 millions of speakers
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gules
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রক্তবর্ণ
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gueules
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Gules
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gules
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gules
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Gules를
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Gules
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gules
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gules
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Gules
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Gules
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rosso
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gules
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Gules
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gules
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gules
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rooi
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gules
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gules
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Trends of use of gules

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GULES»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gules

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GULES»

Discover the use of gules in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gules and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gentleman's Magazine
Argent, a plain cross gules. 2. Barry of six, argent and azure— (Grey of Codnor), impaling VerryBeauchamp of Each. 8. Grey, impaling Or, three piles gules — Basset. 4. Or, a lion rampant double quevé gules—(Msllory), impaling Argent, two  ...
‎1864
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The History of Tewkesbury
Gules, a chevron between ten crosses pattee, argent. Berkeley. — 2. Quarterly, argent and gules, in the second and third quarter a fret or; over all, a bend sable. Le Despenser. — 3. England; gules, three lions passant guardant or. — 1.
James Bennett, 1830
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the ...
Until this period the Sherborues bore for their arms, Vert a lion rampant, armed, langued Gules, on a field Argent; on what occasion, and for what services these arms were granted, is not known. Margaret, daughter and co -heiress of Sir ...
Edward Cave, John Nichols, 1824
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The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, ...
Or, a pheon gules. ,2. Argent, 2 bars in chies, 3 shields sable. 3. Argent, 3 chevronels gules, a label os the sirst. 4. Argent, a bend gules charged with 3 lozenges argent. 5. Quarterly, Or and gules, a Catherine wheel sable. 6. Azure, a chevron ...
Thomas Langley, 1797
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Heraldic visitation of the northern counties in 1530
I, IV, Gules, a lion rampant vaire. II. Ill, Argent, a fess azure, over all a file of five points gules. Sr. "Wyllam Englery (or Ryppley). — I, IV, Sable, an estoile of eight ( var. seven) points, argent. II, Argent, a chevron between three lions' heads erased ...
Thomas Tonge, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, College of Arms (Great Britain), 1862
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Untitled
... to 1405 — one of the executors of Bishop Skirlaw — died at Kepier in 1423. His aimorial bearings, argent, a chevron sable between three cross crosslets gules, occur in the Cloister of Durham Cathedral, the building of which was begun by ...
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Enamels of Limoges: 1100-1350
Gules a Cross clechy pometty and voided Or (Bot/serel); 6 Argent five Bars Azure a Label Gules (on the engraving aft/re Lanineau work: Barruly Argent and Azure a Label Gules; 7. Or (Argent?) a Dolphin Azure; 8. Gules a Lion rampant Or ...
John Philip O'Neill, 1996
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The English Baronetage Containing a Genealogical and ...
P. 242, l. 15, read Beaumont's arms and quarterings, thus. I. Beaumont; Azure, a Lion Rampant, and Semi of 'Fleur de Liz, Or. 2. Jerusalem ;' Or, a Cross, between four Crosses, Argent. 3. Sicily; Or, four Fesses, (or Bars) Gules. 4.. Comin, Earl ...
‎1741
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Rolls of Arms of the Reigns of Henry III and Edward III.
8 Or, two chevronels and a border gules Daubney' de 1381' 7 Argent, a fess between two chevronels gules . . . . . . . .....................GilbertdePeche. 16 Or, a fess between two chevronels gules. Walter le Fitz Robert. 18 Ermine, three chevronels  ...
Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1829
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The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated: from records, ...
wards a chief with a lion rampant over all 317, 319. azure a chief gu. a lion rampant Or 614. azure,a chief gules,over alla lion rampantor 3o6,777 Haslingr, argent, 21 manche sable 91 E.os Pem6roI:e,Or,a manche gules 32, 94., 4,e4,813 ,1 1 24 ...
Sir William Dugdale, 1730

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GULES»

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France 2015 Rooster 100 Euro Gold Coin
The colors of the French flag are rendered in heraldic tinctures of azure and gules. The inscription, the French motto, reads: Liberté, Égalité, ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
2
Crest for USS Little Rock unveiled Thursday
SHIELD: Azure, a lozenge enhanced Gules, fimbriated Or, thereon a diamond Proper enveloped by four mullets, one above and three below in ... «THV 11, Jun 15»
3
Giuliana Rancic Opens Up About More Health Battles That Have …
Gules said: "I was called ugly my entire life but it made me who I am. I always tell girls, whatever struggles you go through as a young woman, ... «PerezHilton.com, Apr 15»
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Is the seagull set to replace the chough as Cornwall's national bird?
A section on the heraldic significance of the herring gull versus that of the chough, written by Sir Ian Cannet, Gules Wyvern Pursuivant at the ... «West Briton, Mar 15»
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3rd BCT: Pride in their past
... height overall consisting of the coat of arms of the organization blazoned: Azure on a pale nebuly Argent a double handed sword erect Gules. «The Fort Campbell Courier, Feb 15»
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FOCUS: Fiji's Flag Parade
The crest features a wreath Argent and Gules as well as a canoe with outrigger. The motto displays the national motto “Rerevaka na kalou ka ... «Fiji Sun Online, Feb 15»
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VRR Stob's magnificent saga A Game Of Dog-and-Bones
The flag over the Maeiouster's Hub Complex barely stirred in the still air, so that he could not only see the sigil of his once-proud house - gules ... «The Register, Dec 14»
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Andrew Stewart Jamieson, The Royal Arms – Part One: Leopards …
The first blazon written describing the shield used by Richard appears in the Glovers Roll of 1255 where it describes it as Gules three leopards ... «Royal Central, Dec 14»
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Speculation grows about Fairfax buying remaining MMP from partner
Waving the Goldman Sachs flag (Gules, a vampire squid rampant) was local chief Simon Rothery, head of equity capital markets Sean Walsh ... «The Australian, Nov 14»
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HOW KILLER MOCKED FUNEKILE
The van, the Gules allege, was parked inside a garage within the Dlamini family compound. Funekile's family also said they were still puzzled ... «Times of Swaziland, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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