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blazon

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bla⋅zon

  [bley-zuhn]
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–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

  1. Heraldry

    1. To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms.

    2. To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate detail.

  2. 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).

  3. To proclaim widely.

n.  

  1. Heraldry

    1. A coat of arms.

    2. The description or representation of a coat of arms.

  2. An ostentatious display.


[Probably from Middle English blasoun, shield, from Old French blason.]
bla'zon·er n., bla'zon·ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

blazon 
1278, from O.Fr. blason "a shield, blazon," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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