armour-bearer
noun
history a retainer who carried the arms or armour of a warrior
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His armour-bearer had told Seitz so downstairs, and he heard his voice within.
In The Fire Of The Forge, CompleteGeorg Ebers
In an instant David took the sword from his armour-bearer's hand.
The Adventures of Captain MagoLon Cahun
We are told that "he loved him greatly," and that David became his armour-bearer.
She took back the weapons and target she had given to the armour-bearer, and stepped over the side of the litter to the ground.
The Lost ContinentC. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
The latter anticipated his surrender, inasmuch as he and his armour-bearer mutually slew each other.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI)Max Duncker