armour-bearer

British  

noun

1. history a retainer who carried the arms or armour of a warrior

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Example Sentences

The messenger answered, he had none but one man, who had been his armour-bearer, and was staying with him without the town.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

This was the place from which Jonathan and his armour-bearer set out, without Saul's knowledge, on their daring, perilous scouting expedition against the Philistines.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Van Dyke, Henry

In the earliest times, possibly in the days of Olybion himself, every warrior of distinction was attended by his armour-bearer.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

I understand—I understand," said Stair, with a certain fierce determination in his eye, "you shall have no cause to regret that you have chosen me as your squire and armour-bearer.

From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Only Mo�ngal, his ancient armour-bearer, and his wife, my foster-mother, are with me; yonder, in that small wooden house, behind the beech mound, we live.

From Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century by Dahn, Felix