armorist

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noun

A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounarmorist (plural armorists)

plural armorists · alternative armourist

  1. governmentA person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.

    Several others are in the College of Arms. He was the first Welsh armorist to produce armorials of marshalled coats[…]

    1949, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England), The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
  2. uncommonAn armorer; one who produces arms and armor.

    Spud-bar, the Savage Legion's former armorist, is kneeling beside a repurposed wagon wheel, attending to its spoke.[…]

    2021 July 20, Matt Wallace, Savage Bounty, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 99
    1 more example

    "But for now, you can have your fun and glory amusing a mob. you'll die in the arena soon enough." He pauses and examines Kiyo' s armor. "It seems the smithy and the armorist have given you some gifts to prolong your short stay."

    2010 January 14, Erik S. Johnson, Tenshi, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 132

Origin

  1. Latinarmātūra
  2. Old Frencharmeure
  3. Anglo-Normanarmure
  4. Middle Englisharmure
  5. Englisharmor
  6. Englisharmorist

From armor + -ist.

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Translations

Portuguese armista
  • armistaa person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms
Swedish heraldiker
  • heraldikera person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms
Cite this entry
APA

armorist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armorist

MLA

“armorist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armorist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armorist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armorist.

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