blazonry

B3L1A1Z10O1N1R1Y4
/ˈbleɪ.zən.ɹi/

noun

A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounblazonry (countable and uncountable, plural blazonries)

plural blazonries

  1. A blazon.
    1. countablemetonymicallyuncountableA coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.
      1 more example

      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 obsolete with their wooden walls.

      1924, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
    2. broadlycountableuncountableThe specialized language used in blazoning arms.
  2. countableuncountableAn artistic representation or display.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe official symbols of a family, state, etc.

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

blazonry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blazonry

MLA

“blazonry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blazonry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blazonry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blazonry.

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