WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ar•mi•ger
(är′mi jər),USA pronunciation n.
ar•mig•er•al
(är mij′ər əl),USA pronunciation adj.
- Heraldrya person entitled to armorial bearings.
- Heraldryan armorbearer to a knight; a squire.
- Medieval Latin: squire, Latin: armorbearer (noun, nominal), armorbearing (adjective, adjectival), equivalent. to armi- (combining form of arma arm2) + -ger bearing, base of gerere to carry, wear
- 1755–65
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