Definitions
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- noun One who
carries armor for another.
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Examples
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And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
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But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
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So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
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But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
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And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
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And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing.
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And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah
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And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
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And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
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