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Definition of Man-at-arms
1. Noun. A heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times.
Definition of Man-at-arms
1. Noun. A medieval heavily armed mounted member of the cavalry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Man-at-arms
Literary usage of Man-at-arms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"And thrust back Thoas from them (man-at-arms Brave though he was, and strong,
and high-renown'd) ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"A MAN AT ARMS By OWEN OLIVER IT was a bright June morning when my lady first
spoke to me, leaning down a little from her tall grey mare. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Usually, however, a man-at-arms when unhorsed became the prisoner of his ...
In England, indeed, no effigy has been found representing a man-at-arms bearing ..."
4. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1881)
"The man-at-arms, delighted, thought that lie had accomplished his design. ...
which he had laid under the matting, and cut off the head of the man-at-arms. ..."
5. Chronicles of the City of Perugia 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio, Edward Strachan Morgan (1905)
"But upon this there came a man-at-arms on foot and he told them how all their
men were slain, and broken, and taken prisoners; straightway when they heard ..."
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