blazon
Americanverb (used with object)
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to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim.
The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
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to adorn or embellish, especially brilliantly or showily.
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to describe in heraldic terminology.
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to depict (heraldic arms or the like) in proper form and color.
noun
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an escutcheon; coat of arms.
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the heraldic description of armorial bearings.
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conspicuous display.
verb
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(often foll by abroad) to proclaim loudly and publicly
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heraldry to describe (heraldic arms) in proper terms
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to draw and colour (heraldic arms) conventionally
noun
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heraldry a conventional description or depiction of heraldic arms
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any description or recording, esp of good qualities
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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blazonsimple
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blazonssimple
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have blazonedperfect
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has blazonedperfect
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am blazoningprogressive
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are blazoningprogressive
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is blazoningprogressive
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have been blazoningperfect progressive
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has been blazoningperfect progressive
Past
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blazonedsimple
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had blazonedperfect
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was blazoningprogressive
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were blazoningprogressive
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had been blazoningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of blazon
1275–1325; Middle English blaso ( u ) n < Anglo-French, Old French blason buckler, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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See Examples For:
His blazon of light can never - and will never - be diminished, quelled or subdued.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2019
But every generation agrees that a blazon is worth a thousand pictures, so here’s Markle, blazoning it West-Coast-style:
From Slate ● May 26, 2018
If you think there’s a lot more going on in the image than is described in the blazon, you’re right.
From Slate ● May 26, 2018
The word becomes a blazon for the early Enlightenment.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2014
The riding knight who had captured him was a man of enormous stature, and Lancelot recognized him by his blazon as Sir Carados.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
"It blazons itself in these great posters 'shoulder to shoulder' - their banner headline - but there's a lie behind it… shoulder to shoulder it is not!"
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2012
Paul Newman and Ed Begley are excellent, and Geraldine Page as an aging cinemama blazons a memorable skidmark on the go-away-and-don't-come-back trail.
From Time Magazine Archive
On tennis porches, the question of the hour was: "Can Tilden add a fifth consecutive year to the string of National championships he blazons across the top of his column in the Philadelphia Public Ledger?"
From Time Magazine Archive
On the side of the truck a sign blazons: "New York American Christmas & Relief Fund Lunch Wagon."
From Time Magazine Archive
This exciting idea made the King forget his question, and the two young men sat down immediately to draw their own blazons for the magician, so that there should be no mistake about the tinctures.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Shoppers will also be able to find Perdue whole chickens blazoned with a picture of the beer in stores.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023
The Rome newspaper Il Messaggero blazoned a large photograph on its front page: “Goodbye to Carrito, the ‘city’ bear killed by a car,” read the headline.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Surely you’ve seen some name or another blazoned on a public landmark building and wondered to yourself, who are those guys?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
There were Disney characters blazoned on the curtains, the soap, the armoire.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2019
There were misericordes and harness and the various banners and pennoncels, blazoned with the Ban chargers.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
But every generation agrees that a blazon is worth a thousand pictures, so here’s Markle, blazoning it West-Coast-style:
From Slate ● May 26, 2018
His red and gold salon carriage* blazoning the white eagle of Poland had barely stopped at the Geneva station when French Consul General Ame LeRoy stepped aboard and gently took in tow the tigerish Marshal.
From Time Magazine Archive
From it Son George built the most successful laundry business in Washington, with 50 gaudy blue-&-gold branch stores on strategic street corners, each blazoning the slogan "Long Live Linen."
From Time Magazine Archive
Hearst's Examiner one day ran 62 inches of testimony, blazoning it high above the progress of the war in Russia, Teheran and Italy.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is blazoning, bold, unashamed, known for what it is; but there is no confusion of values.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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