arms

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See also: Arms, ARMs, and ärms

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

Noun

arms pl

  1. Weaponry, weapons.
  2. (heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
    The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant gardant or.
    • 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
      The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.
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Verb

arms

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arm
    If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

Etymology 2

See arm.

Noun

arms

  1. plural of arm

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

arms

  1. plural of arm

Danish

Noun

arms c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of arm

Gothic

Romanization

arms

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃

Icelandic

Noun

arms

  1. indefinite genitive singular of armur

Swedish

Noun

arms

  1. indefinite genitive singular of arm

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