armiger

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armiger

  • /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/ UK
  • /ˈɑːɹmɪd͡ʒɚ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour or having coat of arms”).

noun armigers

  1. An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight.
  2. broadly Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms.

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noun squire carrying the armour of a knight

Españolarmígero
Italianoscudiero
Русскийоружено́сец oruženósec
עבריתנושא כלים, נער

noun person entitled to bear a coat of arms

Portuguêsarmígero
DeutschWappenträger
Italianoarmigero
Русскийдворяни́н dvorjanín

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MLA

"armiger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/armiger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

armiger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/armiger

Chicago

"armiger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/armiger.

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@misc{armiger_2026,
  title = {armiger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/armiger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}