Coat of arms Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
    arms; blazon; blazonry.

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Definitions
  1. (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together.

Webster 1913