Meaning of arms bearer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who carries weapons for another.
2. An armed fighter.

Examples

“The scene shows two hoplites to the right. A young arms bearer follows his superior.”

“Study⟳ the passage below in which King Saul, about to lose⟳ a battle, asks his arms bearer to kill⟳ him.”

“In this brief article, dedicated in friendship to Sy Gitin, I will discuss⟳ the job of the arms bearer and show⟳ that, as usual, my wife was right!”

“What worried the arms bearers was that Saftawi had not worked out his program⟳ with Arafat, but with Egypt and Rabin, and briefed Arafat only later.”

“He had called on arms bearers to go to the aid of their brethren in the Holy Land⟳ and to liberate the Christian holy sites from the heathen.”

“To distinguish them from other arms bearers, soldiers in the narrower sense⟳ have⟳ only been commonly referred to since the French Revolution.”

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