blot on his escutcheon

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• Escutcheon (heraldry) — Escutcheon (pronounced|ɪ skʌtʃən) (also called scutcheon) is the term used in heraldry for the shield displayed in a coat of arms. An inescutcheon is a smaller escutcheon borne within a larger escutcheon. The term crest is often used incorrectly… …   Wikipedia

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• shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Salisbury, Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of — (1830–1903)    Salisbury was three times Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, most notably during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902. Salisbury was elected as Lord Robert Cecil to Parliament as a Tory in 1853 and also made a name for… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• 1936 college football season — The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers poll was used in selecting the mythical national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936. Each writer listed his… …   Wikipedia