ˈarmour-ˌbearer
One who carried a warrior's armour or weapons; a squire.
| 1611 Bible 1 Sam. xiv. 14 That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made [Wyclif, squyer; Coverdale, wapen bearer]. 1772 Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 296 Each chieftain had his armour-bearer. 1870 Bryant Homer I. x. 305 Meriones, the armor-bearer of Idomeneus. |