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† hyperaspist Obs.|-ˈæspɪst|
Also in Gr. form ‖ hyperaˈspistes.
[ad. Gr. ὑπερασπιστής protector, defender, f. ὑπερασπίζειν to hold a shield over, f. ἀσπίς shield.]
A defender, champion.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. i. §5. 33, I appeal to any indifferent reader, whether C. M. be not by his Hyperaspist forsaken in the plain field. 1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. iii. 63 If it should meet with peevish opposites on one side, and confident Hyperaspists on the other. 1747Warburton Shaks., Macb. iv. iv. 4 The allusion is to the Hyperaspists of the ancients, who bestrode their fellows faln in battle, and covered them with their shields. |