armsbearer

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.