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Definition of Armigerous
1. a. Bearing arms.
Definition of Armigerous
1. Adjective. Entitled to bear a coat of arms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armigerous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armigerous
Literary usage of Armigerous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Would it not be better for а шш- I armigerous Bishop to have on his seal au I
effigy of himself, with the arms of the See I on a small shield ? ..."
2. Companion to English History (middle Ages) by Francis Pierrepont Barnard (1902)
"(6) Arms ol Alliance are derived from 'heiresses,' ie females of armigerous
houses, who, owing to the extinction of the males, represent their families, ..."
3. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"The smaller gentry had, indeed, nothing of the modern pseudo-gentility which
professes an aversion to trade, and the younger sons of armigerous families ..."
4. Records and Record Searching: A Guide to the Genealogist and Topographer by Walter Rye (1897)
"There is much information as to the matches, births, and deaths, of armigerous
families to be found in Peter Le Neve's Memoranda on Heraldry (1695-1729), ..."
5. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1895)
"Every entry not in italics is that of a genuinely armigerous person. ... Many names
of undoubtedly armigerous persons are altogether omitted, but through no ..."
6. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"... prefers to say, " armigerous" persons. One would have thought a man's armigerous
instincts hardly his most ..."
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