Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
  • noun a manufacturer of firearms.

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  • noun British Alternative spelling of armorer.

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  • noun an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
  • noun a manufacturer of firearms
  • noun a worker skilled in making armor or arms

Etymologies

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From Middle English armurer, from Old French armurier.

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Examples

  • Or did you mean "armourer" as in the REME trade of the Gods?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Or did you mean "armourer" as in the REME trade of the Gods?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Or did you mean "armourer" as in the REME trade of the Gods?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Or did you mean "armourer" as in the REME trade of the Gods?

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Ron Blecker - the armourer - appears again in the scene where

    RON BLECKER 2010

  • This embossed, etched, and gilded steel close helmet is attributed to German armourer Kolman Helmschmid.

    Would This 16th Century Helmet Terrify a Jousting Opponent? 2009

  • That story had been whispered around the llys from ostler to maid to armourer to page, and come early to the ears of the last hostage from Ceredigion, who alone could observe all these goings-on with an indifferent eye, since Gwynedd was not home to him, and Owain was not his lord, nor Gilbert of Saint Asaph his bishop.

    His Disposition 2010

  • The armourer and one of his smiths had climbed to the guardwalk, to ensure there should be no easy way through at that level.

    A River So Long 2010

  • Rhodes was speared and killed instantly, and so was the naval armourer beside the gun.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • She whispered a prayer of thanks to the armourer, and went to meet her foe.

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  • M used this word to describe Q in the early days of the Bond films.

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