What does "rebus" mean?
Rebus: (Her.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.
Additional senses
- 2.To mark or indicate by a rebus. He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it. Fuller.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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