man-at-arms
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Noun
man-at-arms (plural men-at-arms)
- (historical) A heavily-armed mounted member of medieval cavalry.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], 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: […]
Translations
heavily-armed mounted member of cavalry
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