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blazon
/ˈbleɪzən/
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What does blazon mean?
noun
- A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
- A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
- A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
More meanings (6)
noun
- Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
verb
- To describe a coat of arms.
- To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
- To display conspicuously or publicly.
- To shine; to be conspicuous.
- To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbleɪzən/
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“Was he proud,--a true scion of the stock Which bore the blazon, shall make bright my page”-- XII.
I’ faith, lady, I think your blazon to be true; though, I’ll be sworn, if he be so, his conceit is false.
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Said Wat: "Thou knowest the blazon of the banner which we saw, three red wolves running on a silver field?"
Have you gazed on naked grandeur where there's nothing else to gaze on, Set pieces and drop-curtain scenes galore, Big mountains heaved to heaven, which the blinding sunsets blazon, Black canyons where the rapids rip and roar?
Frequently when they came to a gate or stile they found painted thereon in red or blue letters some text of Scripture, and she asked him if he knew who had been at the pains to blazon these announcements.