unheraldic
English
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editunheraldic (comparative more unheraldic, superlative most unheraldic)
- (heraldry) Not heraldic; not adhering to the norms of heraldry.
- 1900, The Genealogical Magazine, page 8:
- The crest of Walpole, as it is now borne by the family […] "A Saracen's head ducally crowned Or, with a long ca on gules, thereon a Catherine-wheel Or; [...]." [...] However, it was passed by the College of Arms, and ever since the Walpoles have been saddled with this most inartistic and unheraldic crest.