COAT OF ARMS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The official symbols of a family, state, etc.

Synonyms:

arms; blazon; blazonry; coat of arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coat of arms" is a kind of...):

heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)

Meronyms (parts of "coat of arms"):

crest ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)

Domain category:

heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coat of arms"):

quartering (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)