BLAZON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blazon mean? 

• BLAZON (noun)
  The noun BLAZON has 1 sense:

1. the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

  Familiarity information: BLAZON used as a noun is very rare.

• BLAZON (verb)
  The verb BLAZON has 1 sense:

1. decorate with heraldic arms

  Familiarity information: BLAZON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLAZON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The official symbols of a family, state, etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arms; blazon; blazonry; coat of arms

Hypernyms ("blazon" is a kind of...):

heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)

Meronyms (parts of "blazon"):

crest ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)

Domain category:

heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blazon"):

quartering (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)

Derivation:

blazon (decorate with heraldic arms)

• BLAZON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorate with heraldic arms

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

blazon; emblazon

Hypernyms (to "blazon" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

blazon; blazonry (the official symbols of a family, state, etc.)