armour-bearer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Opening his eyes, Simon saw, by the red light of a torch, which the armour-bearer of Judas was holding aloft, that Maccabeus was before him.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
The messenger answered, he had none but one man, who had been his armour-bearer, and was staying with him without the town.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
Herbert de Norham, one of his followers, and Thomas de Boys, his armour-bearer, swore, that if the report were true, they would not survive their master.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Thomson, Mrs.
Might he not work that day by Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and, after all, only produce a new chapter in that history which had already shown so many wonderful interpositions?
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
It was no wonder, then, that the king, for a time at least, loved the boy with his bright face and sunny hair, and wanted to keep him as his armour-bearer.
From David the Shepherd Boy by Steedman, Amy
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