One who carried a warrior’s armor or weapons; a squire.
1611. Bible, 1 Sam. xiv. 14. That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made [Wyclif, squyer; Coverdale, wapen bearer].
1772. Pennant, Tours Scotl. (1774), 296. Each chieftain had his armour-bearer.
1870. Bryant, Homer, I. X. 305. Meriones, The armor-bearer of Idomeneus.
