blazon

American  

[bley-zuhn] / ˈbleɪ zən /

verb (used with object)

1. to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim.

   The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.

2. to adorn or embellish, especially brilliantly or showily.

3. to describe in heraldic terminology.

4. to depict (heraldic arms or the like) in proper form and color.

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noun

1. an escutcheon; coat of arms.

2. the heraldic description of armorial bearings.

3. conspicuous display.

blazon British  

/ ˈbleɪzən /

verb

1. (often foll by abroad) to proclaim loudly and publicly

2. heraldry to describe (heraldic arms) in proper terms

3. to draw and colour (heraldic arms) conventionally

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noun

1. heraldry a conventional description or depiction of heraldic arms

2. any description or recording, esp of good qualities

Other Word Forms

• blazoner
  noun
• blazonment
  noun
• unblazoned
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of blazon

1275–1325; Middle English blaso ( u ) n < Anglo-French, Old French blason buckler, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

He recently hired an Emirati company called Blazon to manage the property, he said.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

Forty years, Forty years, All but four—onward, Since to the Valley of Death Rode the Six Hundred; Since the whole country cried "We will for you provide,— Blazon your splendid ride, Gallant Six Hundred!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 by Various

I mean Randle Holme’s ‘Academie of Armory, or a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Blazon your wrong as you esteem it; ask sympathy of those who see not as I see; reproach, defy, lament.

From Moods by Alcott, Louisa May

He, and the Dictionnaire de Blazon, assign these arms to the Republic of Geneva.

From Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc by Various