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armor

[ ahr-mer ]
/ ĖˆÉ‘r mər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
to cover or equip with armor or armor plate.
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Also especially British, arĀ·mour .

Origin of armor

1250–1300; Middle English armo(u)r, armure<Anglo-French armour(e), armureOld French armĆ«ure<Latin armātÅ«raarmature; assimilated, in Middle English and Anglo-French, to nouns ending in -our-or2

OTHER WORDS FROM armor

arĀ·morĀ·less, adjectiveanĀ·tiĀ·arĀ·mor, adjectivesubĀ·arĀ·mor, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH armor

amour, armoire, armor
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British Dictionary definitions for armor

armor
/ (ĖˆÉ‘Ėmə) /

noun
the US spelling of armour
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with armor

armor

see chink in one's armor; knight in shining armor.

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