2. Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor. Shak.
3. One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.
ARMORIAL Ar*mo"ri*al, a. Etym: [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory.]
Defn: Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a
family.
Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth.
Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.
ARMORIC; ARMORICAN Ar*mor"ic, Ar*mor"i*can, a. Etym: [L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. — n.
Defn: The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.
ARMORICAN
Ar*mor"i*can, n.
Defn: A native of Armorica.
ARMORIST
Ar"mor*ist, n. Etym: [F. armoriste.]