armiger

American  

[ahr-mi-jer] / ˈɑr mɪ dʒər /

noun

1. a person entitled to armorial bearings.

2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire.

---

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

---

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

See Examples For:

armiger

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

The armiger, no longer toiling after his knight with heavy helmet and shield, bore his own arms, as he drove along, proudly and pleasantly upon his carriage door.

From The Bed-Book of Happiness by Begbie, Harold

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)

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

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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