Heralds. (Anglo-Saxon here (2 syl.)
,an army, and ealdor, a governor or official.
The coat of arms represents the knight himself from whom the bearer is descended.
The flourish is his mantle.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.