armiger
[ahr-mi-jer]
- a person entitled to armorial bearings.
- an armorbearer to a knight; a squire.
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Origin of armiger
1755–65; < Medieval Latin: squire, Latin: armorbearer (noun), armorbearing (adj.), equivalent to armi- (combining form of arma arm2) + -ger bearing, base of gerere to carry, wear
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Armiger will find a letter addressed to him at the Publisher's.
Glennard turned to the bell, but Mrs. Armiger pursued him with her lovely amazement.
The TouchstoneEdith Wharton
Mrs. Armiger met him more than half-way on a torrent of self-accusal.
The TouchstoneEdith Wharton
Armiger says there has been some increase of the sales, which I can attribute to my story if I have the cheek.
Fennel and RueWilliam Dean Howells
Armiger asked me if I had ever heard anything more from that girl.
Fennel and RueWilliam Dean Howells
armiger
- a person entitled to bear heraldic arms, such as a sovereign or nobleman
- a squire carrying the armour of a medieval knight
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Word Origin for armiger
C16: from Medieval Latin: squire, from Latin: armour-bearer, from arma arms + gerere to carry, bear
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