An armor bearer; an esquire. A title of dignity belonging to gentlemen authorized to bear arms. Cowell. In its earlier meaning, a servant who carried the arms of a knight. Spelman. applied, also, to the higher servants In convents. Spelman.
An armor bearer; an esquire. A title of dignity belonging to gentlemen authorized to bear arms. Cowell. In its earlier meaning, a servant who carried the arms of a knight. Spelman. applied, also, to the higher servants In convents. Spelman.