armoristn.
/ˈɑːm(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˈɑrmərəst/ Chiefly Heraldry.
A person who is skilled in heraldry or armory; spec. an expert in the description or depiction of armorial bearings.
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1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie To Innes of Court, sig. Avv The professed Armorists.
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill Ded. sig. a2 A subiect proper to Armorists, and men of my profession.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 172 These horned beasts..haue also their heads borne Trunked: Which of some Armorists is blazoned Cabossed.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Perforated... The Armorists use it to express the passing or penetrating of one Ordinary (in part) thro' another.
1765 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry iii. 13 French Armorists differ..from the English; for in order to mark the divers points of the Shield, they range the same nine Letters.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) ii. 47 Thus it is commonly written by English Armorists.
1910 Mag. of Hist. Nov. 259 The Armorist of the Society has many calls for armorial bearings.
1993 S. Friar & J. Ferguson Basic Heraldry (U.S. ed.) iii. 176 The definition of ordinaries and sub-ordinaries..has always been a matter of debate, indeed many armorists question the need for such distinctions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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