armiger

American  

[ahr-mi-jer] / ˈɑr mɪ dʒər /

noun

1. a person entitled to armorial bearings.

2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire.

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armiger British  

/ ˈɑːmɪdʒə, ɑːˈmɪdʒərəs /

noun

1. a person entitled to bear heraldic arms, such as a sovereign or nobleman

2. a squire carrying the armour of a medieval knight

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Other Word Forms

• armigeral
  adjective
• armigerous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of armiger

1755–65; < Medieval Latin: squire, Latin: armorbearer (noun), armorbearing (adj.), equivalent to armi- (combining form of arma arm ² ) + -ger bearing, base of gerere to carry, wear

Example Sentences

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armiger

And now behind him every armiger and squire, every spearman and light-foot archer, was hasting Edinburgh-ward, eager to be first to succour the young and headstrong chief of his great house.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

As evidence of this confusion we find men called "vallettus" after they have been called "armiger," and sometimes men who are normally called "vallettus camere Regis" named as "vallettus hospicii Regis."

From Chaucer's Official Life by Hulbert, James Root

On his burly sword-arm, each intrepid champion wore an "armiger," or ribbon of his colour.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Then he found his answer, and this time it was John Stirling, armiger, scholar in divinity, who spoke.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

In 44 Edward III our beloved armiger Richard Forester of Stanton was granted custody of the manor of Stokelaty in Hereford which had belonged to Richard Rissholm, deceased.

From Chaucer's Official Life by Hulbert, James Root