blazon

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bla⋅zon

[bley-zuh

–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, esp. brilliantly or showily.

3.	to describe in heraldic terminology.

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

–noun

5.	an escutcheon; coat of arms.

6.	the heraldic description of armorial bearings.

7.	conspicuous display.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME blaso(u)n < AF, OF blason buckler, of obscure orig.

Related forms:

bla⋅zon⋅er, noun

bla⋅zon⋅ment, noun

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bla·zon (blā'zən)

tr.v. bla·zoned, bla·zon·ing, bla·zons

Heraldry
1. To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms.
2. 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
1. A coat of arms.
2. The description or representation of a coat of arms.
An ostentatious display.

[Probably from Middle English blasoun, shield, from Old French blason.]
bla'zon·er n., bla'zon·ment n.

Word Origin & History

blazon

1278, from O.Fr. blason "a shield, blazon," of uncertain origin.

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