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

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

Hoc monvmentvm Thomas Flood Gore Courti in-coram apud Cantianos armiger infœlicissimum in charissimi patrvi svi memoriam erexit die Mensis Avgvsti, M.D.C.XXXVII.’

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

"Ecce, inquam, Veneris hortator et armiger Liber advenit ultro," where see Pric�us.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

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