armorer

[ ahr-mer-er ]

noun

1. a maker or repairer of arms or armor.
2. a person who manufactures, repairs, or services firearms.
3. an enlisted person in charge of the upkeep of small arms, machine guns, ammunition, and the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of armorer¹

1350–1400; Middle English; replacing Middle English armurer < Anglo-French, Old French armurier. See armor, -er ²

Example Sentences

Hannah Gutierrez, the daughter of widely known Hollywood armorer Thell Reed, acted as the armorer on “Rust.”

From Washington Post

Hannah Gutierrez, the daughter of widely known Hollywood armorer Thell Reed, was the armorer on the set of “Rust,” a western starring Baldwin that was being filmed at the Bonanza Creek Ranch.

From Washington Post

Bill Davis, an experienced film armorer, told The Washington Post that, based on how blanks work, that was highly likely.

From Washington Post

The 24-year-old said that as the daughter of Thell Reed, a well-known Hollywood armorer, she had grown up around guns, though admitted she felt anxious about her first time as head armorer.

From Washington Post

Live ammunition is prohibited, and a prop master or licensed armorer is responsible for handling any weapons, training the actors who use them, and loading blanks to ensure that real bullets aren’t fired.

From Quartz

Our armorer worked early and late unbreeching the guns having wet charges.

From Project Gutenberg

So saying, Roger significantly tapped the handle of the tremendous weapon fashioned for him by an armorer at Ahmedabad.

From Project Gutenberg

Tis for a new arquebus, monsieur, which the armorer has made me.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole art of the armorer had been exhausted in her appointments.

From Project Gutenberg

The Elector again took him to Court, and appointed him an armorer or armor-bearer.

From Project Gutenberg