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/ahr"meuhr bair'euhr/, n.a male attendant bearing the armor or arms of a warrior or knight.[1605-15; ARMOR + BEARER]
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armorbearer — [är′mərber΄ər] n. a person who carried the armor or weapons of a warrior … English World dictionary
armorbearer — noun One who carries armor for another … Wiktionary
armorbearer — /ahr meuhr bair euhr/, n. a male attendant bearing the armor or arms of a warrior or knight. [1605 15; ARMOR + BEARER] … Useful english dictionary
armiger — armigeral /ahr mij euhr euhl/, adj. /ahr mi jeuhr/, n. 1. a person entitled to armorial bearings. 2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire. [1755 65; < ML: squire, L: armorbearer (n.), armorbearing (adj.), equiv. to armi (comb. form of arma ARM2)… … Universalium
armourbearer — /ˈamə bɛərə/ (say ahmuh bairruh) noun a retainer bearing the armour or arms of a warrior. Also, armorbearer …
armiger — [är′mə jər] n. [L < arma, arms (see ARM2) + gerere, to carry] 1. an armorbearer for a knight; squire 2. a person entitled to display armorial bearings … English World dictionary
squire — [skwīr] n. [ME squier < OFr escuier: see ESQUIRE] 1. a young man of high birth who served a medieval knight as an attendant or armorbearer 2. in England, a country gentleman or landed proprietor, esp. the main landowner in a district ☆ 3. a… … English World dictionary
ar|mour|bear|er — «AHR muhr BAIR uhr», noun. British. armorbearer … Useful english dictionary
