Can a Coat of Arms determine ones social status?

Can a Coat of Arms determine ones social status?

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A Coat of Arms can't determine social status, although in the past they were used as indicators of nobility and the gentry. These days they're used and owned by people from all walks of life, and so they don't determine or denote social status in themselves today.