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Synonyms for blazon

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bley-zuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbleɪ zən

Top 10 synonyms for blazon
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Définition of blazon

Origin :
  • "coat of arms," late 13c., from Old French blason (12c.) "a shield, blazon," also "collar bone;" common Romanic (cf. Spanish blason, Italian blasone, Portuguese brasao, Provençal blezo, the first two said to be French loan-words); of uncertain origin. OED doubts, on grounds of sense, the connection proposed by 19c. French etymologists to Germanic words related to English blaze (n.1).
  • verb adorn
Example sentences :
  • He could call to mind no such English blazon, nor did it seem to him that it could possibly be English.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I knelt down and tried to decipher the blazon in the moonlight.
  • Extract from : « Border Ghost Stories » by Howard Pease
  • You wear your blazon of honor on your shoulder; I hide mine in a slave's gown.
  • Extract from : « Clarence » by Bret Harte
  • Sunbeams, or Rays, are borne in blazon, and form an early charge.
  • Extract from : « The Handbook to English Heraldry » by Charles Boutell
  • Represented in blazon as in Nos. 298, 299, and without leaves.
  • Extract from : « The Handbook to English Heraldry » by Charles Boutell
  • But the youth was not disposed unnecessarily to blazon his princeliness.
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Its coat is spotted of various tinctures as the blazon may state.
  • Extract from : « Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art » by John Vinycomb
  • The Giraffe figures a few times in blazon under these names.
  • Extract from : « Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art » by John Vinycomb
  • If a lion is otherwise depicted it must be mentioned in the blazon.
  • Extract from : « English Heraldic Book-stamps » by Cyril Davenport
  • John Ferne, author of the Blazon of Gentry, died about 1610.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 129, April 17, 1852 » by Various

Antonyms for blazon

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