Brewer's: Norroy

North-roy or king. The third king-of-arms is so called, because his office is on the north side of the river Trent; that of the south side is called Clarencieux (q.v.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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