hyperaspist
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hyperaspist (plural hyperaspists)
- (obsolete) One who holds a shield over another; a defender.
- 1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants:
- I appeal to any indifferent reader, whether C. M. be not by his Hyperaspist forsaken in the plain field, and the point in question granted to D. Potter, […]
References edit
“hyperaspist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.