blazon
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blazon
- /ˈbleɪzən/
Rhymes with -eɪzən
Where it comes from
From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”).
noun blazons
- A verbal or written description of a coat of arms. ...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous
- A formalized language for describing a coat of arms. The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].
- A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms. He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]
- Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record. Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company.
verb blazons · blazoning · blazoned
- To describe a coat of arms. the following coat of arms, which I will send you in the original language, not being herald enough to blazon it in English
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To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
O thou goddess/ thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st/ in these two princely boys.
Similar: blaze
- To display conspicuously or publicly.
- To shine; to be conspicuous.
- To deck; to embellish; to adorn. She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.
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noun description of a coat of arms
| Español | blasón |
|---|---|
| Français | blason, blasonnement |
| Deutsch | Blasonierung, Wappenbeschreibung |
| Italiano | blasone, blasonatura |
| Română | blazon |
| Русский | описа́ние герба́ opisánije gerbá, геральди́ческий язы́к geralʹdíčeskij jazýk |
noun a coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms
| Español | blasón |
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