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Definitions: Blazon |
BlazonNoun1. (heraldry) the official symbols of a family, state, etc. Verb1. Decorate with heraldic arms. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blazon" was first used: 1278. (references) |
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Literature | Blazon [Blazonry]. To blazon is to announce with a trumpet, hence the Ghost in Hamlet says, "But this eternal blazon must not be to ears of flesh and blood," i.e. this babbling about eternal things, or things of the other world, must not be made to persons still in the flesh. Knights were wont to be announced by the blast of a trumpet on their entrance into the lists; the flourish was answered by the heralds, who described aloud the arms and devices borne by the knight; hence, to blazon came to signify to "describe the charges borne"; and blazonry is "the science of describing or deciphering arms." (German, blasen, to blow.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BlazonSynonyms: arms (n), blazonry (n), coat of arms (n), emblazon (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ostentation | Show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes. |
Publication | Proclaim, herald, blazon; blaze abroad, noise abroad; sound a trumpet; trumpet forth, thunder forth; give tongue; announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets; proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross. |
Repute | Consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blazon |
| English words defined with "blazon": blazon out, Blazoned, Blazoning ♦ Emblaze ♦ Venditate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blazon": Fare Well ♦ Peerage of the Apostles ♦ Venice of the West. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Blazon" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (arm, blazon, chevron, escutcheon, hatchment, heraldry). |
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| "Blazon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Blazon" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "blazon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Blazon | Last name | 100 | 87,673 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "blazon": blazon abroad ♦ blazon out. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blazon | 25 |
arms blazon | 4 |
blazon schlock sperm sperm | 3 |
blazon heraldic | 2 |
blazon tech.net | 2 |
blazon tech.com | 2 |
blazon francais | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "blazon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stemë (arms, blazonry, crest, emblem, ensign, plaque). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أذاع (bandy, break, broadcast, celebrate, circulate, cry, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publish, radio, transmit, vend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | герб (armorial, arms, blazonry, cognizance, emblazonry, escutcheon, obverse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zveřejnit (post), rozhlásit (hawk, noise), erb (arms, coat of arms, crest, escutcheon, shield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | toitottaa maailmalle (blazon forth, noise abroad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | blasonner, blason (blazonry), proclamer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wappen (badge, coat of arms, emblem, heads, heraldry, insignia), verbreiten (bandy, blaze abroad, broadcast, broaden, bruit, circulate, circulation, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, give off, hawk about, let off, peddle, promulgate, propagate, put about, radiate, shed, spread, spread about, spread around, to bandy, to bruit, to diffuse, to disseminate, utter, vulgarize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξυμώω, οικόσημο (coat of arms, crest), διακοσμώ (deck, decorate, garnish), διαφημίζω (advertise, advertize, publicize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סמל "מ"י ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | címerpajzs (armoral bearings, armorial bearings, armorial ensigns, coat of arms, crest, escutcheon, hatchment, heraldic bearing), címer (armorial bearings, armorial ensigns, armour, arms, bearings, coat of arms, cognizance, crest, escutcheon, hatchment, king of arms, scutcheon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | blasone (coat of arms), stemma gentilizio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | moylley er ard (belaud), fograghey magh, armys (crest, crest on seal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azonblay brasão (armorial bearings, arms, coat armor, coat armour, coat of arms, crest, eskimo), proclamar (acclaim, announce, annunciate, declare, denounce, heraldic, issue, preacher, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, publish, voice), proclamação (acclamation, announcement, annunciation, declaration, hue and cry, manifold, outgo, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncing, publication), ostentação (array, boast, bravery, display, flare, flaunt, geyser, luxury, ostentation, pageantry, parade, pomp, shew, show, showiness, splender, swank, vaunt), exibir (bring out, create, display, exhibit, expose, featureless, flaunt, hold up, keep up, parade, produce, put out, set out), divulgação (disclosure, divulge, propagation, revelation), armas, adornar (adorn, attire, bedeck, bejewel, decorate, fig, gild, grace, illuminate, lard, ornament, prank, purl, set). (various references) blazon (arm, chevron, escutcheon, hatchment, heraldry), proclama (announce, bid, cry, declare, proclaim, profess, publish, sound), picta blazoane, face reclamã (drum, popularize, publicize, talk up), exprima în cuvinte potrivite, înfrumuseţa (adorn, beautify, color, colour, decorate, embellish, flatter, gild, glorify, grace, lace, ornament, paint, set). (various references) герб (Allusive Arms, arm, coat of arms). (various references) sjaj (blazonry, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, effulgence, gloss, glow, luminosity, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), pompa (blazonry, pomp), opis grba, grb (cadency, coat of arms, crest, escutcheon, scutcheon). (various references) blasonar, blasón (Armor, armorial bearings, armory, armour, armourial bearings, armoury, bearings, crest), ostentación (boastfulness, display, flashiness, flaunt, ostentation, pretence, pretense, show, showiness), gritar a cuatro vientos. (various references) blasonering, beskriva (delineate, depict, depicture, describe, describing), smycka (adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, garnish, grace, ornament, trim). (various references) uygun bir dille söylemek, parlatmak (brighten, burnish, clean, furbish, furbish up, give a polish, glaze, gloss, lighten, luster, polish, rub up, satin, shine, sleek), hanedan arması (armorial bearings, coat armor, coat armour, coat of arms), gösteriş (affectation, array, blazonry, dash, display, flashiness, flourish, frill, furbelows, gaiety, glitter, glossiness, ostentation, panache, parade, pomposity, pretension, pride, put on, shew, show, show off, showiness, showing off, splendidness, splurge, swank, vanity, veneer, veneering), fiyaka (air, airs, blazonry, gimmickry, show off, showing off, splash, spruceness, swank), arma çizmek. (various references) герб (arms, escutcheon), оповіщати (advertize, proclaim), описувати (depict, describe), емблема (badge, cognizance, colors, colours, emblem), проголошення (proclamation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | blason. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blazon": blazoned, blazoner, blazoners, blazoning, blazonings, blazonries, blazonry, blazons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "blazon": emblazon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "blazon": emblazoned, emblazoner, emblazoners, emblazoning, emblazonment, emblazonments, emblazonries, emblazonry, emblazons. (additional references) | |
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"Blazon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alazon, Allazon, Balafon, Balashov, Baldon, Balson, bazan, bazon, Blagov, blaison, blasen, blason, blasone, Blasson, Blaton, blaz, blazen, Blazo, brazon, Glazkov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-l-n-o-z" | |
-1 letter: azlon, zonal. | |
-2 letters: azon, bola, loan. | |
-3 letters: abo, alb, azo, bal, ban, boa, lab, lob, nab, nob, zoa. | |
-4 letters: ab, al, an, ba, bo, la, lo, na, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-l-n-o-z" | |
+1 letter: bizonal, blazons. | |
+2 letters: blazoned, blazoner, blazonry, emblazon. | |
+3 letters: blazoners, blazoning, emblazons, ionizable, lazybones. | |
+4 letters: blazonings, blazonries, cognizable, cognizably, emblazoned, emblazoner, emblazonry, outblazing, zabaglione. | |
+5 letters: bamboozling, diabolizing, emblazoners, emblazoning, globalizing, organizable, zabagliones. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 7A 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. .- --.. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01111010 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a z o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 007A 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367867928180 |
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