armiger
nounUK /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/ · US /ˈɑːɹmɪd͡ʒɚ/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour or having coat of arms”).
1
An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight.
2
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Broadly Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms.
- Derived terms
- armigeral, armigerous