armsbearer

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armsbearer (plural armsbearers)

  1. Alternative form of arms-bearer
    • 1834, Evliya Çelebi, Oriental Translation Fund - Volume 33, page 89:
      The same day, Cherkess Derzí Mustafa, one of the Imperial armsbearers (Silahshor), was sent express to Erzerúm to Malatialí Silihdár Súleimán Páshá.
    • 1974, Quaker History - Volumes 63-67, page 16:
      Cutting off the armsbearers, who were young men, required fortitude which few religious groups exhibit — especially in America where numbers are important.
    • 2005, Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter, →ISBN:
      After a while Sir Erling's armsbearer came out and said that his master requested they wait for him at the hostel -- their horses stood ready in the courtyard.
    • 2015, Phillip McGuire, Taps For A Jim Crow Army: Letters from Black Soldiers in World War II, →ISBN, page xv:
      Hence while sharing the traditional soldier motivations -- love of adventure, patriotism, the seeking of fame and glory, among others -- the black armsbearers were also prompted by a status drive, and upward mobility spur.