coat of arms
noun phrase
1
: a tabard or surcoat embroidered with armorial bearings
2
a
: heraldic bearings (as of a person) usually depicted on an escutcheon often with accompanying adjuncts (such as a crest, motto, and supporters)
b
: a similar symbolic emblem
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Why Trump wants Greenland, Panama Canal:One reason may surprise you
A royal coat of arms is the king’s personal coat of arms and, at the same time, a state symbol.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Royal warrants are granted for up to five years, and those companies appointed are allowed to use the coat of arms of the royal they are associated with on packing, as part of advertising or on stationary.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
It was then announced Monday that Denmark’s King Frederik X had updated his historic coat of arms to give Greenland and the Faroe Islands greater symbolic prominence and to assert them as a central part of the Danish realm.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
King Frederik, who assumed the Danish throne after the abdication of Queen Margrethe II last year, has made a significant tweak to the royal coat of arms for the first time in more than 500 years, a move that was viewed by historians as a clear signal to Greenland — and perhaps Trump.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Royal warrants are granted for up to five years, and those companies appointed are allowed to use the coat of arms of the royal they are associated with on packing, as part of advertising or on stationary.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
It was then announced Monday that Denmark’s King Frederik X had updated his historic coat of arms to give Greenland and the Faroe Islands greater symbolic prominence and to assert them as a central part of the Danish realm.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
King Frederik, who assumed the Danish throne after the abdication of Queen Margrethe II last year, has made a significant tweak to the royal coat of arms for the first time in more than 500 years, a move that was viewed by historians as a clear signal to Greenland — and perhaps Trump.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Coat of arms.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coat%20of%20arms. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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