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blazon
The definition of a blazon is a coat of arms, or a showy display.
(noun)An example of a blazon is a family crest.
Blazon means to proclaim or portray.
(verb)An example of blazon is for the town crier to make an announcement.
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See blazon in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a coat of arms; heraldic shield, emblem, or banner
- a technical description or illustration of a coat of arms in accordance with the rules of heraldry
- showy display
Origin: ME blasoun < OFr blason, a shield, blazon
transitive verb
- to make known far and wide; proclaim: often with forth, out, or abroad
- to describe technically or portray (coats of arms)
- to portray in colors
- to adorn colorfully or showily
Origin: < the n.; mistakenly assoc. with blaze
Related Forms:
- blazoner noun
- blazonment noun
See blazon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb bla·zoned, bla·zon·ing, bla·zons
- Heraldry a. To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms.b. To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate detail.
- To adorn or embellish with or as if with a coat of arms: “the stars and moons and suns blazoned on that sacred wall” (G.K. Chesterton).
- To proclaim widely.
- Heraldry a. A coat of arms.b. The description or representation of a coat of arms.
- An ostentatious display.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from Middle English blasoun, shield
Origin: , from Old French blason
.Related Forms:
- blaˈzon·er noun
- blaˈzon·ment noun
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