escutcheon
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- noun
- /ɪˈskʌtʃən/
- Specialized
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escudo
- Pixxi, the De La Chasse family escutcheon hangs in the balance.
- a royal escutcheon
Examples
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We sell escutcheons.
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That the Virgin is marked by the same color scheme and graphic design as the royal escutcheons with their colored bands is surely no accident.
Academic text (1993) -
Used the catchphrase "blot on the family escutcheon" a lot.
Blog text (8) -
It's a blot on our escutcheon, for Christ's sake.
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You don't want a blot on your escutcheon.
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To the left of Sor Juana Maria's figure, a framed, oval escutcheon contains the nun's biographical data.
Academic text (2011) -
From the ledge where an escutcheon of liberty hangs, the ash-colored pigeons coo and flap their wings.
Fiction book (1998) -
It is a barometer of opinion in the academy that "communism" and Lenin can be placed in the center of a professor's escutcheon (likely after attaining the safety of tenure).
Blog text (31) -
If, before, shrill whistles boded the terrorizing tactics of Calatrava's Comendador, now they herald the presence of the royal escutcheon rather than the Order's arms in the Town Hall.
Academic text (1997) -
The coat of arms was beautifully displayed on the family escutcheon at the entrance of their ancestral home.
Synonyms
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A special design on a shield that identifies a family, state, or organization
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Official symbols that represent a family, city, or organization, often shown on a shield
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A picture or symbol shown on a shield to represent a family
A shield that shows a family's coat of arms
A shield-shaped picture used on a coat of arms
A design on a shield that identifies a family or organization
A picture or symbol on a shield that shows who a family is
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word escutcheon comes from old words that meant a 'shield', like Latin scutum and Old French escu. It was the shield that showed a family's sign, so an escutcheon is the shield-shaped emblem that represents a family.