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man-at-arms
Orig. man-of-arms.
[tr. OF. homme d'armes, homme à armes.]
A soldier, warrior; spec. a heavy-armed soldier on horseback.
1390Gower Conf. III. 2 He is a noble man of armes. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3425 Of men of armes thei broght x thousand,..And of othir men of fote also Thre thousand. 1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 33/2 Noo Souldiours, Man' of Armes, nor Archer. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxiii. 7 Men of armes, and vailȝeand knychtis. 1530Palsgr. 242/2 Man of armes, a horse man, lance. Ibid. 244/2 Men of armes, gens darmes. 1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 161 Two brothers..both men at armes, and in pay with the King. 1598Barret Theor. Warres 141 The Man at Armes is armed complete, with his cuyrasses of proofe [etc.].., well mounted vpon a strong and couragious horse. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 109 They are able to bring to the field 2000. men at Armes, and infinite troopes of light Horsemen. 1795Southey Joan of Arc vi. 300 A man-at-arms upon a barded steed. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles vi. xii, His men-at-arms bear mace and lance. 1838Thirlwall Greece xvi. II. 334 Besides the 35,000 helots who attended the Spartans, each man of arms in the rest of the army was accompanied by one light armed. 1874Boutell Arms & Arm. ii. 35.
fig.1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 9 Each controversial man-at-arms. |