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blazonry

/ˈbleɪ.zən.ɹi/

blazonry noun: a coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.

Noun

blazonry (countable and uncountable, plural blazonries)

  1. (metonymically) A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.
    • But as ashore, knightly valor, tho' shorn of its blazonry, did not cease with the knights, neither on the seas, […] did the nobler qualities of such naval magnates as Don John of Austria, Doria, Van Tromp, Jean Bart, the long line of British Admirals and the American Decaturs of 1812 become...1924, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
  2. (broadly) The specialized language used in blazoning arms.
  3. An artistic representation or display.

Forms of blazonry

pluralblazonries

Origin of blazonry

From blazon + -ry.

Questions about blazonry

What does blazonry mean?
Blazonry means a coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.
What part of speech is blazonry?
Blazonry is a noun.
How do you pronounce blazonry?
Blazonry is pronounced /ˈbleɪ.zən.ɹi/.
What is the plural of blazonry?
The plural of blazonry is blazonries.

Words near blazonry in the dictionary

  1. blazoning
  2. blazonings
  3. blazonment
  4. blazonments
  5. blazonries
  6. blazonry
  7. blazons
  8. blazy
  9. Blaí Briugu
  10. BLBT
  11. BLC

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