Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms.
- transitive verb To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate detail.
- transitive verb To adorn or embellish with or as if with a coat of arms.
- transitive verb To proclaim widely.
- noun A coat of arms.
- noun The description or representation of a coat of arms.
- noun An ostentatious display.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To explain in proper heraldic terms (the arms or bearings on a shield).
- To depict (armorial bearings) according to the rules of heraldry.
- To inscribe with arms, or some ornament; adorn with blazonry.
- To deck; embellish; adorn as with blazonry.
- To display; exhibit conspicuously; make known; publish.
- To proclaim or publish boastingly; boast of.
- noun In heraldry, a shield with arms on it; armorial bearings; a coat of arms; a banner bearing arms.
- noun A description in technical language of armorial bearings.
- noun Interpretation; explanation.
- noun Publication; show; celebration; pompous display, either by words or by other means.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A shield.
- noun An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
- noun The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
- noun Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
- intransitive verb rare To shine; to be conspicuous.
- transitive verb To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
- transitive verb To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
- transitive verb (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A verbal or written description of a
coat of arms . - noun heraldry A formalized
language for describing acoat of arms . - noun heraldry : A
coat of arms or abanner depicting a coat of arms. - verb transitive To describe a
coat of arms . - verb To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
- verb To display conspicuously or publicly.
- verb To shine; to be conspicuous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb decorate with heraldic arms
- noun the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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* As noted in Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, the word blazon comes from the German word blasen, to blow as with a horn, because in the age of heraldry the style and arms of each knight were so proclaimed on public occasions.
Carolyn Vega: An Elizabethan Armorial Carolyn Vega 2011
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* As noted in Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, the word blazon comes from the German word blasen, to blow as with a horn, because in the age of heraldry the style and arms of each knight were so proclaimed on public occasions.
Carolyn Vega: An Elizabethan Armorial Carolyn Vega 2011
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The blazon is followed by a first-person report of a fantasy
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English Rolls and examples of Arms. The Royal bird, however, does not occur in English blazon so frequently as the Lion; and his appearance often denotes an alliance with German Princes.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Though he was not strong enough in French blazon to know the house that bore that device, Antonin felt sure that the Cinq-Cygnes would not send their chariot, nor the Princess de Cadignan a missive by her maid, except to a person of the highest nobility.
The Deputy of Arcis Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The GYRON, a triangular figure, not known in English blazon as a separate charge (except perhaps in the one case of the arms of
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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-- When a knight entered the lists at a tournament, his presence was announced by sound of trumpet or horn, after which the officers of arms, the official Heralds, declared his armorial insignia -- they “blazoned” his Arms. This term, “to blazon,” derived from the German word “_blasen_,” signifying “to blow a blast on
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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And for the heraldry buffs among you: The technical heraldic description of the Middleton Coat of Arms, known as a 'blazon' is
Forbes.com: News Marc E. Babej 2011
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Below many of the shields, another later scribe has penned a blazon a formal description of the coat of arms.
Carolyn Vega: An Elizabethan Armorial Carolyn Vega 2011
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Below the painted shield, the later scribe has penned the blazon "Sapphire a bend Topaz surmounted of a fillet Ruby."
Carolyn Vega: An Elizabethan Armorial Carolyn Vega 2011
chained_bear commented on the word blazon
Noun. In heraldry, armorial bearings or coat of arms, or the verbal description thereof.
Verb. To describe in proper heraldic language.
February 5, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word blazon
I always kind of wish this word applied to the object blazer, so that I could say "I have a couple blazons hanging in my closet," or "I wore a blazon to work."
August 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word blazon
It does sound more sporty (and I don't mean dangerous). ;-)
August 26, 2009