...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous
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Blazon
//ˈbleɪzən//
Synonyms for "blazon" (227 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (68)
cantoncelebratechapletchargechevronchiefcockatricecolorcoronetcrescentcrestcrosscross molinecrowncrycry outdandifydangledaringdash
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Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (113)
fleur-de-lisflourishfretfurfurbishfusilgarlandgarnishgracegriffingulesgussy upgyronhatchmenthelmetheraldherald abroadheraldic devicehistrionicshold up
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honor pointimpalementimpalinginescutcheonlabellionlozengemanifestmanifestationmantlingmarshalingmartletmasclemetalmottomulletnombril pointoctofoilorordinaryorleornamentpageantpageantrypaintpalepalyparadepeanpheonprankprank uppreenprettifyprimpprimp upprinkprink upproclaimpromulgatepublishpurpureput forthput forwardquarterquarteringredecorateredorefurbishrosesablesaltirescutcheonset offset outshamshieldshoutshowshowing offshowing-offsmartensmarten upsoundspectaclesplashsplurgesportspread eaglespruce upstaginesssubordinarytennetheatricsthunderthunder forthtincturetitivatetorsetressuretrick outtrick uptrimtrumpettrumpet forthtypeunicornvairvauntvertwavewreathyale
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4 entriesderived
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5 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- blasonar verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Danish
2 entries- blasonering noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasonere verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Dutch
1 entries- blazoen noun (description of a coat of arms)
East Frisian Low Saxon
1 entries- blasuun noun (description of a coat of arms)
Finnish
3 entries- heraldinen selitys noun (description of a coat of arms)
- vaakunaselitys noun (description of a coat of arms)
- laatia vaakunaselitys verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
French
4 entries- blason noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasonnement noun (description of a coat of arms)
- armorier verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
- blasonner verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
German
3 entries- Blasonierung noun (description of a coat of arms)
- Wappenbeschreibung noun (description of a coat of arms)
- beschreiben verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Italian
4 entries- blasonatura noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasone noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasonare verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
- divisare verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Macedonian
3 entries- блазон noun (description of a coat of arms)
- блазонирање noun (description of a coat of arms)
- блазони́ра verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Polish
2 entries- blazonowanie noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blazonować verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Romanian
2 entries- blazon noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blazona verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Russian
2 entries- геральди́ческий язы́к noun (description of a coat of arms)
- описа́ние герба́ noun (description of a coat of arms)
Slovak
1 entries- blazón noun (description of a coat of arms)
Spanish
3 entries- blasón noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasón noun (a coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms)
- blasonar verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Swedish
3 entries- blasonering noun (description of a coat of arms)
- vapenbeskrivning noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasonera verb (to describe of a coat of arms)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
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": […].
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We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest from the everyday lexicon of terms...
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He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]
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