Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient and feudal times, one who carried the armor or weapons of another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
armorbearer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a squire carrying the armor of a knight
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Examples
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Jonathan, with his armor-bearer only, at the very beginning, slew twenty of the enemy; and the Philistines, utterly confounded, turned their arms against each other.
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Queen was well satisfied with the idea, but the armor-bearer, who had overheard everything, being much attached to his young master, went straight to him and revealed the whole plot.
The Blue Fairy Book 2003
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Anoint our associate pastor to be the armor-bearer for our senior pastor.
The Busy Mom’s Guide to Prayer A GUIDED PRAYER JOURNAL 2003
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Anoint our associate pastor to be the armor-bearer for our senior pastor.
The Busy Mom’s Guide to Prayer A GUIDED PRAYER JOURNAL 2003
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After that, he drew aside his armor-bearer, Dardanus, and had some discourse with him in private.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were a half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
1 Samuel 14. 1999
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And his armor-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
1 Samuel 14. 1999
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And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
1 Samuel 14. 1999
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And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor-bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor-bearer slew after him.
1 Samuel 14. 1999
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And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.
1 Samuel 14. 1999
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