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armorbearer

[ ahr-mer-bair-er ]

/ ˈɑr mərˌbɛər ər /

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noun

a male attendant bearing the armor or arms of a warrior or knight.

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Origin of armorbearer

First recorded in 1605–15; armor + bearer

Words nearby armorbearer

armlet, armload, armlock, armoire, armor, armorbearer, armor-clad, armored, armored cable, armored car, armored heart

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How to use armorbearer in a sentence

And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there.
The Bible Story|Rev. Newton Marshall Hall
The knights in Europe used to have their squires: Jonathan had his armorbearer.
Heroes of Israel|Theodore Gerald Soares
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you a thing."
Heroes of Israel|Theodore Gerald Soares
And his armorbearer said unto him, "Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee, behold I am with thee according to thy heart."
Heroes of Israel|Theodore Gerald Soares

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half an acre of land.
Heroes of Israel|Theodore Gerald Soares