Meanings
comparative more armored · superlative most armored · alternative Commonwealth armoured
- Clad or equipped with arms or armor.
- Covered with armor, as a ship or the face of a fortification; armor-plated.
They came with horses and armored vehicles, carrying rifles and in tactical gear in the middle of what is the heart of immigrant Los Angeles. But there were few of their supposed targets to be found Monday — immigrants without documentation.
2025 July 7, Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga and Brittny Mejia, “Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
covered with armor
adjectiveprotected by armor (used of persons or things military)
adjectiveused of animals; provided with protective covering
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
- Proto-Italic*armos
- Latinarma
- Latinarmō
- Latinarmātūra
- Old Frencharmeure
- Anglo-Normanarmure
- Middle Englisharmure
- Englisharmor
- Englisharmored
Translations
Arabic مُدَرَّع, مُصَفَّح
- مُدَرَّع (mudarraʕ)clad or equipped with arms or armor
- مُصَفَّح (muṣaffaḥ)clad or equipped with arms or armor
Catalan blindat
- blindatclad or equipped with arms or armor
Czech obrněný
- obrněnýclad or equipped with arms or armor
Finnish panssaroitu
- panssaroituclad or equipped with arms or armor
German gepanzert
- gepanzertclad or equipped with arms or armor
Italian corazzato
- corazzatoclad or equipped with arms or armor
Japanese 装甲の
- 装甲の (sōkō no)clad or equipped with arms or armor
Latin armātus
- armātusclad or equipped with arms or armor
Polish opancerzony
- opancerzonyclad or equipped with arms or armor
Portuguese blindado
- blindadoclad or equipped with arms or armor
Romanian blindat
- blindatclad or equipped with arms or armor
Russian бронево́й, брониро́ванный
- бронево́й (bronevój)clad or equipped with arms or armor
- брониро́ванный (broniróvannyj)clad or equipped with arms or armor
Spanish blindado, acorazado
- blindadoclad or equipped with arms or armor
- acorazadoclad or equipped with arms or armor
Turkish zırhlı
- zırhlıclad or equipped with arms or armor
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Cite this entry
armored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armored
“armored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armored. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armored,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armored.
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