man-at-arms

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmæn‿ət‿ˈɑː(ɹ)mz/
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Noun

man-at-arms (plural men-at-arms)

  1. (historical) A heavily-armed mounted member of medieval cavalry.
    • c. 1587–1588, , Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
      But if they offer word or violence,
      Weele fight fiue hundred men at armes to one,
      Before we part with our poſſeſſion:

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