armiger

[ ahr-mi-jer ]

/ ˈɑr mɪ dʒər /

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noun

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 armaarm²) + -ger bearing, base of gerere to carry, wear

OTHER WORDS FROM armiger

ar·mig·er·al

[ahr-mij-er-uhl], /ɑrˈmɪdʒ ər əl/, adjective

Words nearby armiger

armet, armful, armguard, armhole, Armidale, armiger, armigerous, armill, armilla, armillaria root rot, armillary

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How to use armiger in a sentence

Joyce, and Mr. Armiger, and my father and mother with me, where they stand till I was weary of their company and so away.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Back to Mrs. Turner's, where several friends, all strangers to me but Mr. Armiger, dined.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Julia Armiger sent me word just now that she had an extra ticket for the last Ambrose concert.
The Touchstone|Edith Wharton
The name kept the title after it—Armiger—though the man himself had long departed to a life with other distinctions.
Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books|Horatia K. F. Eden

At noon comes my brother Tom and Mr. Armiger to dine with me, and did, and we were very merry.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

British Dictionary definitions for armiger

armiger

/ (ˈɑːmɪdʒə) /

noun

a person entitled to bear heraldic arms, such as a sovereign or nobleman

a squire carrying the armour of a medieval knight

Derived forms of armiger

armigerous (ɑːˈmɪdʒərəs), adjective

Word Origin for armiger

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

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