BLAZON
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)
Meaning:
The official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
blazon; blazonry; coat of arms; 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)
• BLAZON (verb)
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
