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armiger

[ ahr-mi-jer ]

noun

  1. a person entitled to armorial bearings.
  2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire.


armiger

/ ˈɑːmɪdʒə; ɑːˈmɪdʒərəs /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • armigerous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ar·mig·er·al [ahr-, mij, -er-, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of armiger1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of armiger1

C16: from Medieval Latin: squire, from Latin: armour-bearer, from arma arms + gerere to carry, bear
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Example Sentences

Joyce, and Mr. Armiger, and my father and mother with me, where they stand till I was weary of their company and so away.

Back to Mrs. Turner's, where several friends, all strangers to me but Mr. Armiger, dined.

Julia Armiger sent me word just now that she had an extra ticket for the last Ambrose concert.

The name kept the title after it—Armiger—though the man himself had long departed to a life with other distinctions.

At noon comes my brother Tom and Mr. Armiger to dine with me, and did, and we were very merry.

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