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Definition of Armor-bearer
1. Noun. A squire carrying the armor of a knight.
Definition of Armor-bearer
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of armorbearer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armor-bearer
Literary usage of Armor-bearer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of David S. Terry: Presenting an Authentic, Impartial and Vivid History by Alexander E. Wagstaff (1892)
"... FUNERAL—JUSTICE FIELD CHARGED WITH MURDER —H1s armor-bearer—SHORT SKETCH OF
THE LIFE OF DAVID NEAGLE. ..."
2. The Hebrew People: Or, The History and Religion of the Israelites, from the by George Smith (1856)
"... Music—David made the King's armor-bearer—War with the Philistines renewed—Goliath's
Defiance—David kills the Giant—Saul, jealous of David's Fame, ..."
3. The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and by William McClure Thomson (1883)
"Exploit of Jonathan and his armor-bearer.—Migron.—The Pomegranate-tree in
Migron.—The Earthquake, the " trembling of God."—Defeat and Flight of the ..."
4. The War and the Bible by Hyman Gerson Enelow (1918)
"And his armor-bearer said unto him: ' Do all that is in thy heart; turn thee,
... And the men of the garrison spoke to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, ..."
5. The Story of Assyria from the Rise of the Empire to the Fall of Nineveh by Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin (1889)
"To his own armor-bearer he said : ' Slay me with the sword.' He and his armor-
bearer with the steel swords of their girdles pierced through each other. ..."
6. Memoirs of Philip P. Bliss by Philip Paul Bliss, Daniel W. Whittle, George Frederick Root, Dwight Lyman Moody, Edward Payson Goodwin, Ira David Sankey (1877)
"Only an armor-bearer, proudly I stand, Waiting to follow at the King's command
... Surely the Captain may depend on me, Though but an armor-bearer I may be. ..."
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