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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a squire carrying the armor of a knight;
[syn: armiger, armor-bearer]

2. a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Armiger \Ar"mi*ger\, n. [L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear.] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. --Jacob. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

armiger n 1: a squire carrying the armor of a knight [syn: armiger, armor-bearer] 2: a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms