armour-bearer

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noun

history a retainer who carried the arms or armour of a warrior

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Words nearby armour-bearer

armor-piercing, armor plate, armory, Armory Show, armour, armour-bearer, armoured, armoured car, armourer, armour plate, armoury

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How to use armour-bearer in a sentence

He wears a black Under Armour T-shirt, red basketball shorts, sneakers, and white socks hiked up to his calves.
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There is a potential standard-bearer for the tradition shared by RFK, Gary Hart, and even Hunter S. Thompson.
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They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer.
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So why, in 2014, is the superhero standard-bearer so minority-averse?
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These include the offspring of the Reagans, GOP stand-bearer John McCain, various Kennedys, and Nancy Pelosi.
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What the armor-bearer was for the warlike races of old, such is the tchbukdi for their degenerate descendants.
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The poor devil willingly undertook to deliver it, and the marshal, as directed, caused the bearer to receive a hearty flogging.
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The party left their horses, put black frocks over their armour, and crept forward on all fours like cattle.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The color-bearer went down, but the flag was seized by Randolph Hamilton, and held aloft.
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Every morning a white mist rises over the lake which shines like armour under the midday sun.
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