armiger

American  

[ahr-mi-jer] / ˈɑr mɪ dʒər /

noun

1. a person entitled to armorial bearings.

2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire.

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armiger British  

/ ˈɑːmɪdʒə /

noun

1. a person entitled to bear heraldic arms, such as a sovereign or nobleman

2. a squire carrying the armour of a medieval knight

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Other Word Forms

• armigeral
  adjective
• armigerous
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of armiger

1755–65; < Medieval Latin: squire, Latin: armorbearer (noun), armorbearing (adj.), equivalent to armi- (combining form of arma arm ² ) + -ger bearing, base of gerere to carry, wear

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Example Sentences

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armiger

Everybody calls himself a gentleman nowadays; even Mr. Chalker, who is going to sell me up, I suppose; but everybody, if you please, is not armiger.

From In Luck at Last by Sir Walter Besant

Further, the form of grant practically always includes a characterization of the grantee as "dilectus vallettus," "dilectus serviens," "dilectus armiger," etc.

From Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert

On his burly sword-arm, each intrepid champion wore an "armiger," or ribbon of his colour.

From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

In 44 Edward III our beloved armiger Richard Forester of Stanton was granted custody of the manor of Stokelaty in Hereford which had belonged to Richard Rissholm, deceased.

From Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert

And now behind him every armiger and squire, every spearman and light-foot archer, was hasting Edinburgh-ward, eager to be first to succour the young and headstrong chief of his great house.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

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