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ˈshield-ˌbearer An attendant who carries the shield of a warrior.1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 427 His [Epaminondas'] esquire or shield-bearer had received a good piece of money for the ransome of a prisoner. 1761 London & Environs I. 45 Chaucer..was employed as a shield-bearer to the King. 1852 Grot...
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Shield bearer
Shield bearer usually refers to a Macedonian version of a heavy armored hoplite, whose tasks were protecting flanks of the sarrisa phalanx, and carrying a shield to protect other men in same ranks.
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Chalcon
Chalcon of Cyparissia, charioteer, shield-bearer and tutor of Antilochus.
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Riot shield
In this method, an officer with a projectile weapon will approach a shield-bearer from behind and tap on their shoulder. In response, the shield-bearer will drop to one knee while keeping the riot shield affixed in front.
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Atlanticus gibbosus
Atlanticus gibbosus, known generally as the robust shieldback or robust shield-bearer, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
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Dexter and sinister
Dexter (Latin for 'right') indicates the right-hand side of the shield, as regarded by the bearer, i.e. the bearer's proper right, and to the left as seen As the shield would have been carried with the design facing outwards from the bearer, the bend sinister would slant in the same direction as a sash worn
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Boeotian shield
A Boeotian shield is a large hand-held shield once carried by warriors in Ancient Greece. indentations allowed its bearer to thrust and stab with his weapon(s) from a position closer to the shield's center rather than having to reach around
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Ballistic shield
A ballistic shield, also called a tactical shield or bulletproof shield, is a protection device deployed by police, paramilitaries, and armed forces that Unlike a ballistic vest, projectiles successfully stopped by a ballistic shield will not transfer trauma or pain to the bearer, as they are designed to
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Divellion
It was carried by the skouterios ("shield-bearer"), alongside the Imperial shield, on official events.
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Atlanticus testaceus
Atlanticus testaceus, known generally as the protean shieldback or short-legged shield-bearer, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
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Atlanticus americanus
Atlanticus americanus, known generally as the American shieldback or American shield-bearer, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
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Atlanticus davisi
Atlanticus davisi, known generally as the Davis's shieldback or Davis's shield-bearer, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae
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Thyreophora cynophila
In 1803, Johann Wilhelm Meigen transferred the species to a new genus, Thyreophora, which means "shield-bearer", in reference to the enlarged scutellum
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Skouterios
The skouterios (, "shield-bearer") was a Byzantine court office in the 13th–14th centuries, whose role was to carry the emperor's personal standard, the According to pseudo-Kodinos, the skouterios was responsible for bearing the emperor's banner, the so-called divellion (διβέλλιον) and the emperor's shield
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Megabocchus
Wounded and with his sword-arm incapacitated, Crassus orders his shield-bearer to take his life.
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