armiger Hear it!

armiger definition

ar·mi·ger (ärmə jər)

noun

  1. an armorbearer for a knight; squire
  2. a person entitled to display armorial bearings

Etymology: L < arma, arms (see arm) + gerere, to carry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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