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Definition: Armiger |
ArmigerNoun1. A squire carrying the armor of a knight. 2. A nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Armiger \Ar"mi*ger\, noun. [Latin expression armiger armor bearer; arma arms gerere to bear.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ArmigerSynonym: armor-bearer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nobility | King; (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Armiger |
| Non-English Usage: "Armiger" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (armed, armor bearer, arms-bearer, bearing arms, fighting, martial, of war, producing armed men, squire, warlike). |
| "Armiger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Armiger" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "armiger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Armiger | Last name | 170 | 41,454 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
armiger | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "armiger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Italian | armigero. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | armigeray armígero, escudeiro (armour bearer, essay, henchman, page, squire). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Chronicles Chapter 11, Verse 39 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Selhk o ammwni nacwr o berqi airwn skeuh iwab uiou sarouia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sellec Ammonites Noorai Berothites armiger Ioab filii Sarviae |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Chronicles Chapter 11, Verse 39 |
| Cebuano | Si Selec ang Ammonhanon, si Narai ang Berothanon, ang magdadala sa hinagiban ni Joab anak nga lalake ni Sarvia, |
| Chinese | 亞 捫 人 洗 ' 、 " 錄 人 拿 " 萊 ． 拿 " 萊 是 給 洗 魯 雅 的 ' 子 約 押 拿 兵 器 的 ． |
| Croatian | Amonac Selek, Beroæanin Nahraj, štitonoša Sarvijina sina Joaba; |
| Danish | Ammoniten Zelek; Naharaj fra Berot, der var Joabs, Zerujas Søns, Våbendrager; |
| Dutch | Zelek, de Ammoniet; Nahrai, de Berothiet, wapendrager van Joab, den zoon van Zeruja; |
| Finnish | ammonilainen Selek; beerotilainen Nahrai, Jooabin, Serujan pojan aseenkantaja; |
| French | Tsélek, l`Ammonite. Nachraï, de Béroth, qui portait les armes de Joab, fils de Tseruja. |
| German | Zelek, der Ammoniter; Naherai, der Berothiter, der Waffenträger Joabs, des Sohnes der Zeruja; |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan Zelik, orang Ammoni, dan Nahrai, orang Beroti, biduanda Yoab bin Zeruya, |
| Italian | Zelek l'Ammonita, Nacrai di Berot, scudiero di Ioab figlio di Zerui , |
| Maori | Ko Tereke Amoni, ko Nahari Peroti, ko te kaimau o nga patu a Ioapa tama a Teruia; |
| Norwegian | ammonitten Selek; berotitten Nahrai, Joabs, Serujas sønns våbensvenn; |
| Portuguese | Zeleque, o amonita; Naarai, o berotita, escudeiro de Joabe, filho de Zeniia; |
| Rumanian | Yelec, Amonitul, Nahrai, din Berot, care ducea armele lui Ioab, fiul Yeruiei. |
| Spanish | Selec el amonita; Najarai, de Beerot, escudero de Joab, hijo de Sarvia; |
| Swedish | ammoniten Selek; berotiten Naherai, vapendragare åt Joab, Serujas son; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "armiger": armigeral, armigero, armigeros, armigerous, armigers. (additional references) | |
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"Armiger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amager, Armagard, Armerer, armier, armifer, armigo, Armijah, Armijo, Irsigier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "armiger" (pronounced Ä"rmuger) |
| 3 | -u g er | vinegar. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-m-r-r" | |
-1 letter: gamier, imager, maigre, mirage. | |
-2 letters: aimer, airer, armer, gamer, grime, image, marge, ramie, rearm, regma, rerig, rimer. | |
-3 letters: ager, amie, amir, emir, game, gear, germ, gram, grim, mage, magi, mair, mare, mire, rage, ragi, rami, rare, ream, rear, rime. | |
-4 letters: age, aim, air, ami, are, arm, ear, era, erg, err, gae, gam, gar, gem. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-m-r-r" | |
+1 letter: armigero, armigers, grimacer, marriage, rearming. | |
+2 letters: ambergris, armigeral, armigeros, embarring, gramaries, grimacers, margarine, margarite, marriages, prearming, reframing, remarking, rewarming, rigmarole. | |
+3 letters: antimerger, armigerous, charminger, earmarking, forearming, glamorizer, gramercies, grangerism, gravimeter, gravimetry, malingerer, margarines, margarites, margravine, marguerite, prewarming, quagmirier, redreaming, remarriage, remarrying, rigamarole, rigmaroles, ringmaster, scrimmager, triggerman. | |
+4 letters: ambergrises, arraignment, arteriogram, ferrimagnet, gendarmerie, gimcrackery, glamorizers, gormandizer, gradiometer, grangerisms, gravimeters, gravimetric, greenmailer, hemorrhagic, impregnator, lammergeier, malingerers, margraviate, margravines, marguerites, menorrhagia, mercurating, merrymaking, misaverring, miscarriage, mismarriage, overwarming, premarriage, reaffirming, reembarking, rehammering, remarketing, remarriages, remastering, remeasuring, remigration, rigamaroles, ringmasters, scrimmagers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 6D 69 67 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. -- .. --. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01101101 01101001 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r m i g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 006D 0069 0067 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35847975737184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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