† targetern.
Obsolete.
A shield-maker, or a shield-bearer.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > man wearing armour > [noun] > man armed with shield
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paviserc1425
pavisec1500
target man1555
targeteera1593
targeman?17..
hypaspista1827
society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes shields
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xii. 10 The golden tergetis..for the whiche the kyng made brasen, and toke hem to the princis of the tergeteris [a1425 L.V. scheeld makeris; L. scutariorum].
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xii. 11 Whanne the kyng schulde goone in to the house of the Lord, the tergeters [L. scutarii] camen, and token hem.
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