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men-at-arms

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men-at-arms (mnt-ärmz)
n.
Plural of man-at-arms.
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Charles the Seventh,[*] the father of King Louis the Eleventh,[+] having by good fortune and valour liberated France from the English, recognized the necessity of being armed with forces of his own, and he established in his kingdom ordinances concerning men-at-arms and infantry.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Now he is desirous to have his whole plan of government neither a democracy nor an oligarchy, but something between both, which he calls a polity, for it is to be composed of men-at-arms.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Comest thou not to me with a great array of men-at-arms and retainers, and yet art not able to take a single band of lusty knaves without armor on breast, in thine own county
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
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