armour-bearer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It was something that his armour-bearer neither flinched nor remonstrated.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
The chancel contains a fine altar-monument to the memory of Sir Anthony Browne, armour-bearer to Henry VIII.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
“It seems just possible that Jonathan, with immense labour, might have climbed up on his hands and his feet, and his armour-bearer after him.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
NUBTA: Lady, his armour-bearer brought us word An hour ago, the master will be here At moonset, not before.
From The House of Rimmon A Drama in Four Acts by Van Dyke, Henry
That very night, accompanied only by his armour-bearer, David stole under cover of the darkness into Saul's camp.
From Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day by Brown, Charles Reynolds
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