blazon

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”).

But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. — Hamlet, William Shakespeare
It is better to have a blazon less and a figure more on it. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
By the belly of Saint Buff, quoth Panurge, should I be Vulcan, whom the poet blazons? — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

coat of arms, arms, blazonry

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