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grand quarter

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noun

Heraldry.

  1. a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.

Etymology

Origin of grand quarter

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Humphrey Bourchier, Lord Cromwell, in 1469, bears one grand quarter quartered with another, the first having Bourchier and Lovaine, the second Tatershall and Cromwell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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