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blasón — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • escutcheon noun The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.

Senses

blasón is used for these senses in English:

  • blazon (heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
  • escutcheon (heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
  • heraldry (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.

escutcheon — full definition

  1. noun The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
  2. noun A small shield used to charge a larger one.
  3. noun The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
  4. noun A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.

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