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Definition of Armorist
1. n. One skilled in coat armor or heraldry.
Definition of Armorist
1. Noun. (heraldry) A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armorist
1. a person skilled in heraldry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armorist
Literary usage of Armorist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Then a happy device came to the armorist. He would paint the leopard like the
... The modern armorist will shame the uninstructed warrior with " Gules three ..."
2. Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and by John Edwin Cussans (1893)
"The armorist is sometimes permitted, and even necessitated, to employ a certain
amount of conventionalism, both of form and colour, in (he execution of his ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"I am not much of an armorist (as Nashe terms it), but from the Inquisitiones post
Mortem and other printed public records I have traced a family (whose name ..."
4. Annual Report by Cincinnati (Ohio), Board of Education, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education (1884)
"State why you would reject each of the following words in composition : en rapport,
whilom, armorist, opine, enthuse. 4. Name five hybrids, and show that ..."
5. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"Nothing but disappointment awaits the curious armorist who seeks in this venerable
memorial the pale, the bend, and other early elements of arms. ..."
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