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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin armiger (carrying weapons or armour).

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Noun

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armiger (plural armigers)

  1. An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight. [from 16th c.]
  2. (loosely, heraldry) Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms. [from 19th c.]

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Latin

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Etymology

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From arma (arms) +‎ -ger (bearing).

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Adjective

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armiger (feminine armigera, neuter armigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. carrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike

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First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative armiger armigera armigerum armigerī armigerae armigera
Genitive armigerī armigerae armigerī armigerōrum armigerārum armigerōrum
Dative armigerō armigerō armigerīs
Accusative armigerum armigeram armigerum armigerōs armigerās armigera
Ablative armigerō armigerā armigerō armigerīs
Vocative armiger armigera armigerum armigerī armigerae armigera

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Descendants

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  • English: armiger
  • Italian: armigero
  • Portuguese: armígero
  • Spanish: armígero

Noun

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armiger m (genitive armigerī, feminine armigera); second declension

  1. weapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer
  2. bodyguard
  3. (Medieval Latin) squire

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative armiger armigerī
Genitive armigerī armigerōrum
Dative armigerō armigerīs
Accusative armigerum armigerōs
Ablative armigerō armigerīs
Vocative armiger armigerī

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References

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  • armiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • armiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • armiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "armiger" in Mediae latinitatis lexicon minus. Lexique latin médieval-français-anglais. A Medieval Latin-French-English dictionary, compiled by Jan Frederik Niermeyer and C. van de Kieft. Leiden: Brill, 1976.