armour-bearer

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

On the chariot is enthroned Faust as Plutus the God of Money, and behind him as groom or armour-bearer sits Mephisto, an emaciated hollow-eyed apparition denoting Avarice.

From The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' by Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard)

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

Mohammed had sent for Ned, and by signs made him understand that he was to be his armour-bearer, and to accompany him to battle.

From Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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.