The Collaborative International Dictionary
Armor-bearer \Ar"mor-bear`er\, n.
One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
--Judg. ix. 54.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of armorbearer English)
WordNet
n. a squire carrying the armor of a knight [syn: armiger]
Usage examples of "armor-bearer".
Our armor-bearers carried our ice-axes, alpenstocks, and other implements for us.
Elha’nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, [25]: Shammah of Harod, Eli’ka of Harod, [26]: Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Teko’a, [27]: Abi-e’zer, of An’athoth, Mebun’nai the Hu’shathite, [28]: Zalmon the Aho’hite, Ma’harai of Netoph’ah, [29]: Heleb the son of Ba’anah of Netoph’ah, It’tai the son of Ri’bai of Gib’e-ah of the Benjaminites, [30]: Benai’ah of Pira’thon, Hid’dai of the brooks of Ga’ash, [31]: Abi-al’bon the Ar’bathite, Az’maveth of Bahu’rim, [32]: Eli’ahba of Sha-al’bon, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, [33]: Shammah the Har’arite, Ahi’am the son of Sharar the Har’arite, [34]: Eliph’elet the son of Ahas’bai of Ma’acah, Eli’am the son of Ahith’ophel of Gilo, [35]: Hezro of Carmel, Pa’arai the Arbite, [36]: Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, [37]: Zelek the Ammonite, Na’harai of Be-er’oth, the armor-bearer of Jo’ab the son of Zeru’iah, [38]: Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, [39]: Uri’ah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
The king wandered over to the wooden stand where his armor-bearers had replaced his helmet, breastplate, and shield before leaving the room.