KING-OF-ARMS


Meaning of KING-OF-ARMS in English

/king"euhv ahrmz"/ , n. , pl. kings-of-arms .

a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.

[ 1400-50; late ME king of armes. See KING, ARM 2 ]

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