Meanings
nounman-at-arms (plural men-at-arms)
plural men-at-arms
- historicalA heavily-armed mounted member of medieval cavalry.
But if they offer word or violence, Weele fight fiue hundred men at armes to one, Before we part with our poſſeſſion: […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii
Translations
Esperanto armulo
- armuloheavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
French homme d'armes
- homme d'armesheavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
Italian uomini d'arme, soldati di ventura
- uomini d'arme, soldati di venturaheavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
Polish zbrojny
- zbrojnyheavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
Portuguese homem de armas
- homem de armasheavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
Spanish hombre de armas
- hombre de armasheavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
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