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armourer

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armourer US, armorer [ˈɑːmərə]
n
1. (Business / Professions) a person who makes or mends arms and armour
2. (Military) a person employed in the maintenance of small arms and weapons in a military unit
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.armourer - a worker skilled in making armor or arms; "a sword made by a famous English armorer"
armorer
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
2.armourer - an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.
armorer, artificer
enlisted man - a male enlisted person in the armed forces
3.armourer - a manufacturer of firearms
armorer
manufacturer, manufacturing business, maker - a business engaged in manufacturing some product
Translations
armourer armorer (US) [ˈɑːmərəʳ] N → armero m
armourer, (US) armorer
n (= maker) → Waffenschmied(in) m(f); (= keeper) → Waffenmeister(in) m(f)


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At about the centre of the oaken panels that lined the hall was suspended a suit of mail, not, like the pictures, an ancestral relic, but of the most modern date; for it had been manufactured by a skilful armourer in London, the same year in which Governor Bellingham came over to New England.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Phil Squod, with his smoky gunpowder visage, at once acts as nurse and works as armourer at his little table in a corner, often looking round and saying with a nod of his green-baize cap and an encouraging elevation of his one eyebrow, "Hold up, my boy
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side; And nails for loosen'd spears, and thongs for shields provide.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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