man-at-arms

English

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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 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] 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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