Where Does Emblazoned Come from?

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The History of Emblazon English Speakers Have Been Using the Heraldic Sense of "Emblazon" Since the Late 16Th Century, and Before That There Was the Verb...

Where Does Emblazoned Come from?

The History of Emblazon
English speakers have been using the heraldic sense of "emblazon" since the late 16th century, and before that there was the verb "blazon" ("to describe heraldically") and the noun "blazon" ("a heraldic coat of arms"), which descend from Anglo-French blason.

Is it blazoned or emblazoned?

As verbs the difference between emblazon and blazon

is that emblazon is to adorn with prominent markings while blazon is to describe a coat of arms.

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