- armiger
- noun Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin, armor-bearer, from armiger bearing arms, from arma arms + gerere to carry Date: 1577 1. squire 2. one entitled to bear heraldic arms • armigeral adjective
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Armiger — may also refer to the AGM Armiger anti radiation missile. An armiger is a person entitled to use a coat of arms. Such a person is said to be armigerous.Originally an armiger was an Armour Bearer or Esquire, attendant upon a Knight, but bearing… … Wikipedia
ARMIGER — servus ex Virgilio aliisque satis notus: Formâ tum vertitur oris Antiquum in Butem, hic Dardanio Anchisae Armiger ante fuit. Aen. l. 9. v. 648. isque pretiosus, si Plinio credimus, de lusciniis loquenti, l. 10. c. 29. Ergo ser vorum illis pretia… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ARMIGER — (englisch Anti Radiation Missile with Intelligent Guidance Extended Range für Anti Radarrakete mit intelligenter Lenkung und vergrößerter Reichweite) war die Bezeichnung für eine Luft Boden Rakete zur Bekämpfung von Radaranlagen, speziell von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Armiger — Ar mi*ger, n. [L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear.] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
armiger — index esquire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
armiger — [är′mə jər] n. [L < arma, arms (see ARM2) + gerere, to carry] 1. an armorbearer for a knight; squire 2. a person entitled to display armorial bearings … English World dictionary
Armiger — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and ultimately derives from the Latin armiger , meaning an armour bearer , or a squire . This name, in early times, was used of a young man of good birth attendant on a knight. Job… … Surnames reference
Armiger — An esquire; orig. a young man who attended a knight by carrying his shield. The Latin form was armigerus. The word was used as the title esquire, as knight was used, e.g. when John Leland mentioned in his Itinerary two members of a 14c family,… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
armiger — armigeral /ahr mij euhr euhl/, adj. /ahr mi jeuhr/, n. 1. a person entitled to armorial bearings. 2. an armorbearer to a knight; a squire. [1755 65; < ML: squire, L: armorbearer (n.), armorbearing (adj.), equiv. to armi (comb. form of arma ARM2)… … Universalium
armiger — noun a) A person entitled to bear a coat of arms. b) A squire carrying the armour of a knight … Wiktionary
