blazoner
(ˈbleɪzənə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who blazons arms; a herald.
| 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie Ded., Our new conceited Blazonners, which haue borrowed onely their lights at the lamps of two late English Armorists. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry ii. vi. 62. 1611 Cotgr., Vair..the grayish colour of some eyes; also, that which our Blasonners call Verry. 1728 S. Kent Banner Displ. II. 764 Some Blazoners hold..that then such Bearing is more aptly termed Parted per Cross. 1815 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 5) X. 399/1 There is a sort which blazoners call assumptive arms. |
2. transf. One who records or sets forth with commendation: one who proclaims or ‘trumpets.’
| 1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxv. (1632) 86 If I were a great blazoner of mine owne actions. 1796 Burke Let. Noble Ld. Wks. VIII. 37 These historians, recorders, and blazoners of virtues and arms. |