A shield-bearer; one who bears his master's shield.

A person who equips or assists a knight or warrior with his armour. Also figurative. Now historical and rare.

= harness-bearer, n., an armour-bearer.

= armour-bearer, n.

As a rendering of Latin armiger armour-bearer, Greek ὑπασπιστής shield-bearer. Obsolete.

A person who carries the armour or weapons of a soldier, warrior, etc.

An armour-bearer.

An attendant who carries the shield of a warrior.

= German schildknabe) = shield-bearer, n.

A member of the military and religious Order of the Knights Sword-bearers, founded in Livonia in the early 13th cent.

A person who bears a sword. An attendant on a military man of rank, or on a chief, who carries his master's sword when not worn.

The sword-bearer of a Turkish chieftain.