armsbearer

plural armsbearers

1. alternativeAlternative form of arms-bearer.

   The same day, Cherkess Derzí Mustafa, one of the Imperial armsbearers (Silahshor), was sent express to Erzerúm to Malatialí Silihdár Súleimán Páshá.

   1834, Evliya Çelebi, Oriental Translation Fund - Volume 33, page 89

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   Cutting off the armsbearers, who were young men, required fortitude which few religious groups exhibit — especially in America where numbers are important.

   1974, Quaker History - Volumes 63-67, page 16

   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.

   2005, Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter, →ISBN

   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.

   2015, Phillip McGuire, Taps For A Jim Crow Army: Letters from Black Soldiers in World War II, →ISBN, page xv