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Webster 1913 Edition


Armiger

Ar′mi-ger

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Noun.
[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 bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.
Jacob.