armiger

[ ahr-mi-jer ]

noun

1. a person entitled to armorial bearings.
2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire.

armiger

/ ɑːˈmɪdʒərəs; ˈɑːmɪdʒə /

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

Derived Forms

• armigerous, adjective

Other Words From

• ar·mig·er·al [ahr-, mij, -er-, uh, l], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of armiger¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of armiger¹

C16: from Medieval Latin: squire, from Latin: armour-bearer, from arma arms + gerere to carry, bear

Example Sentences

Joyce, and Mr. Armiger, and my father and mother with me, where they stand till I was weary of their company and so away.

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Back to Mrs. Turner's, where several friends, all strangers to me but Mr. Armiger, dined.

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Julia Armiger sent me word just now that she had an extra ticket for the last Ambrose concert.

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The name kept the title after it—Armiger—though the man himself had long departed to a life with other distinctions.

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At noon comes my brother Tom and Mr. Armiger to dine with me, and did, and we were very merry.

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