[f. as prec. + -ER1.]
1. One who blazons arms; a herald.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, Ded. Our new conceited Blazonners, which haue borrowed onely their lights at the lamps of two late English Armorists.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, II. vi. 62.
1611. Cotgr., Vair … the grayish colour of some eyes; also, that which our Blasonners call Verry.
1728. S. Kent, Banner Displ., II. 764. Some Blazoners hold … that then such Bearing is more aptly termed Parted per Cross.
1815. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 5), X. 399/1. There is a sort which blazoners call assumptive arms.
2. transf. One who records or sets forth with commendation; one who proclaims or ‘trumpets.’
1603. Florio, Montaigne, I. xxv. (1632), 86. If I were a great blazoner of mine owne actions.
1796. Burke, Lett. Noble Ld., Wks. VIII. 37. These historians, recorders, and blazoners of virtues and arms.
