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armourer

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,339 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: armourers

An armourer is a maker or keeper of weapons and armour. The castle armourer, a skilled armourer, the armourer's forge.

In a medieval household the armourer both made and maintained the equipment, which was skilled and highly paid work. The modern job is the same word: an armourer in a regiment or on a film set is the person responsible for the weapons.

Definitions of armourer

  1. 1nounarmourerA maker or keeper of weapons and armour.C1

    “The castle's armourer repaired the knights' helmets and sharpened their swords.”

armourer is a craftsman.

Also accepted in games: armorer

Where it comes from

  1. Old French

    armurier

  2. Middle English

    armurer

  3. English

    armorer

  4. English, today

    armourer

armorer comes from Middle English armurer, from Old French armurier. by surface analysis, armor + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

Practise this word

armourer in the wild

  • In the Nibelungenlied, he is the armourer, brother-in-arms, and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern.

    Hildebrand

  • Historically, an armourer is a person who makes personal armour, especially plate armour.

    Armourer

  • At sport-fencing events, the individuals responsible for checking equipment safety and maintaining the strips, reels and scoring machines during the tournament are also known as armourers.

    Armourer

  • Lochner was the son of a skillful armourer with the same name, and his two brothers Heinrich and Hans who were also skillful armourers and blacksmiths.

    Kunz Lochner

  • The lead plug shows a small eagle that was pressed into the plug by the special tool used by the armourer.

    Springfield Model 1922

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