Coat Of Arms

Definition: Coat Of Arms

Coat Of Arms

Noun

1. (heraldry) the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

Domain	Definition
Literature	Coat of Arms A surcoat worn by knights over their armour, decorated with devices by which heralds described the wearer. Hence the heraldic device of a family. Coat-armour was invented in the Crusading expeditions, to distinguish the various noble warriors when wrapped in complete steel, and it was introduced into England by Richard Lion-heart. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Coat Of Arms

Synonyms: arms (n), blazon (n), blazonry (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Indication	Heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Coat Of Arms

English words defined with "coat of arms": Counter-couchant, Courant ♦ escutcheon, Escutcheoned ♦ Golden balls ♦ Lioncel, Lozenge coach ♦ oriental amethyst ♦ quartering ♦ scutcheon ♦ tabard. (references)

Specialty definitions using "coat of arms": Arms of England ♦ Dum Vivimus, Vivamus ♦ Goose and Gridiron ♦ Heralds. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Signature of Power and Patronage: The Medici Coat of Arms, 1299-1492 (Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures, Vol 20) (reference) Coat of Arms (reference) Coat of Arms (Atlantic Large Print) [LARGE PRINT] (reference) Design Your Own Coat of Arms (reference) How to Read a Coat of Arms (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Coat Of Arms (reference) Coat Of Arms - Includes Heraldry Gazette (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Emblem adopted in 1974 and provided by the ship in February 1975. See Photo # NH 83348-KN (Heraldry) for a complete description of this coat of arms. Credit: NAVY.		Northern coat of arms. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Coat of arms flanked by men in medieval dress. Credit: Library of Congress.		Two children looking at book, inscription, and coat of arms. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Williamsburg, Virginia. The capitol of the Virginia colony during the eighteenth century which was reconstructed and restored to its original state by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. during the 1930s. Coat of arms of the Virginia colony. Credit: Library of Congress.		Coat of arms of the Genthe family. Credit: Library of Congress.
	U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room, coat of arms. Credit: Library of Congress.		Statues and sculpture. Coat of arms above Cardinal James Gibbons statue. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Lewis J. Golding. Coat of arms of Lweis J. Golding. Credit: Library of Congress.		Furniture and other home furnishings. China with Cromaboo coat of arms. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Title	Author	Quote
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	How cruelty, falsehood, and cowardice grew to be characteristics by which certain families are distinguished as much as by their coat of arms.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	On the Presidential Coat of Arms, the American eagle holds in his right talon the olive branch, while in his left he holds a bundle of arrows.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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.

Language		Translations for "coat of arms"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Basque		harmarri. (various references)

Czech		erb (arms, blazon, crest, escutcheon, shield). (various references)

Finnish		vaakunakilpi, kilpi (door-plate, escutcheon, shield, sign plate), aatelisvaakuna (armorial bearings). (various references)

German		wappen (badge, blazon, emblem, heads, heraldry, insignia). (various references)

Greek		οικόσημο (blazon, crest). (various references)

Hungarian		címer (armorial bearings, armorial ensigns, armour, arms, bearings, blazon, cognizance, crest, escutcheon, hatchment, king of arms, scutcheon). (various references)

Italian		stemma (arms, emblem), insegna (banner, ensign, flag, shingle, signboard, standard), blasone (blazon). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		紋� (crest). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ワッペン (crest), も�"しょう (crest), も�" (crest, gate, problem, question). (various references)

Manx		cowrey cleinney. (various references)

Occitan		escut (blason). (various references)

Pig Latin		oatcay ofay armsay.(various references)

Portuguese		escudo de armas (armorial bearings), brasão (armorial bearings, arms, blazon, coat armor, coat armour, escutcheon). (various references)

Russian		гербовый щит, герб (Allusive Arms, arm, blazon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		grb (blazon, cadency, crest, escutcheon, scutcheon). (various references)

Spanish		escudo de armas (coat armour, escutcheon, scutcheon), escudo (achievement, arms, Buckler, escudo, escutcheon, scute, scutum, sheave, shield), abundancia de armas. (various references)

Swedish		vapen (armorial, arms, crest, hardware, weapon, weaponry). (various references)

Turkish		hanedan arması (armorial bearings, blazon, coat armor, coat armour), armalı kalkan (escutcheon, scutcheon), armalı giysi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-m-o-o-r-s-t"
	-2 letters: comforts.
	-3 letters: amtracs, comfort, factors, formats, marcato, ostraca, sarcoma, scotoma, tarmacs.
	-4 letters: actors, aftosa, amtrac, aortas, aromas, carats, caroms, castor, costar, crafts, crofts, factor, forams, format, fracas, macros, mascot, motors, scrota, somata, stroma, tarmac, tarocs.
	-5 letters: actor, afars, afoot, amort, aorta, aroma, ascot, atmas, atoms, camas, carat, carom, carts, coast, coats, comas, coofs, coots.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-f-m-o-o-r-s-t"
	+4 letters: fibrosarcomata.
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family coat of arms	421	british coat of arms	16
free coat of arms	238	australian coat of arms	16
free family coat of arms	129	coat of arms symbol	15
irish coat of arms	82	coat of arms ireland	14
german coat of arms	78	poland coat of arms	14
scottish coat of arms	57	coat of arms ring	13
coat of arms family crest	54	willis coat of arms	12
coat of arms picture	40	spain coat of arms	11
canadian coat of arms	39	coat of arms meaning	10
italian coat of arms	37	coat of arms software	10
surname coat of arms	30	murphy coat of arms	10
canada coat of arms	30	france coat of arms	10
free coat of arms research	29	anderson coat of arms	8
english coat of arms	27	coat of arms clipart	8
spanish coat of arms	26	bowen coat of arms	8
coat of arms england	23	taylor coat of arms	8
french coat of arms	21	irish family coat of arms	7
medieval coat of arms	19	jones coat of arms	7
coat of arms search	17	albert coat of arms	7
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Coat Of Arms

Definition: Coat Of Arms

Coat Of Arms

Noun

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Synonyms: Coat Of Arms

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Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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John F. Kennedy

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