...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" (238 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (71)
cantoncelebratechapletchargechevronchiefcoat of armscockatricecolorcoronetcrescentcrestcrosscross molinecrowncrycry outdandifydangledaring
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dashdeckdeck outdeclaimdeclaredecoratedemonstratedemonstrationdevicedifferencedifferencingdisplaydisseminatedizendoll updramaticsdressdress upeagleeclatembellishemblazonembroiderenrichermineermineserminiteserminoisescutcheonetalageexhibitexhibitionexhibitionismfalconfalse frontfanfaronadefessfess pointfieldfig outfigurefilefix upflairflanchflashflauntflaunting
Noun(2 words)
coat of armsexhibit
Verb(1 words)
Related words (119)
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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More general
13 entriesMore specific
4 entriesCollocations
10 entriesarmorial bearingsarmorial blazonblazon armsblazon descriptionblazoned armscoat of armsescutcheon blazonheraldic armsheraldic blazonheraldic language
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 14 languages.
Danish
1 entries- blasonering noun (description 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
2 entries- heraldinen selitys noun (description of a coat of arms)
- vaakunaselitys noun (description of a coat of arms)
French
2 entries- blason noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasonnement noun (description of a coat of arms)
German
2 entries- Blasonierung noun (description of a coat of arms)
- Wappenbeschreibung noun (description of a coat of arms)
Italian
2 entries- blasonatura noun (description of a coat of arms)
- blasone noun (description of a coat of arms)
Macedonian
2 entries- блазон noun (description of a coat of arms)
- блазонирање noun (description of a coat of arms)
Polish
1 entries- blazonowanie noun (description of a coat of arms)
Romanian
1 entries- blazon noun (description 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
1 entries- blasón noun (description of a coat of arms)
Swedish
2 entries- blasonering noun (description of a coat of arms)
- vapenbeskrivning noun (description 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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