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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Sandra Salibian, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
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, 8 Jan. 2025
Last month, Denmark’s king jumped into the fray by abruptly changing the country’s coat of arms to more prominently feature symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands (another territory under Denmark’s control) — a polar bear and a sheep.
—Maya Tekeli, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
In the entrance hall are 10 coats of arms that trace the history of the Merriweather and Post families.
—Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Sandra Salibian, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
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, 8 Jan. 2025
Last month, Denmark’s king jumped into the fray by abruptly changing the country’s coat of arms to more prominently feature symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands (another territory under Denmark’s control) — a polar bear and a sheep.
—Maya Tekeli, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
In the entrance hall are 10 coats of arms that trace the history of the Merriweather and Post families.
—Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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