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armour-bearer

noun

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

Jonathan and his armour-bearer charged the Philistine garrison and routed hundreds singlehanded.

Jesse hardly recalled his son from the honourable post of armour-bearer to the king!

Saul appointed him his armour-bearer, thus securing to himself the cheering influence of his presence.

The exploit was worthy to be ranked with the famous achievement of Jonathan and his armour-bearer at the pass of Michmash.

In the earliest times, possibly in the days of Olybion himself, every warrior of distinction was attended by his armour-bearer.

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