armigerous

American  

[ahr-mij-er-uhs] / ɑrˈmɪdʒ ər əs /

adjective

1. bearing or entitled to use a coat of arms.

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Other Word Forms

• nonarmigerous adjective

Etymology

Origin of armigerous

First recorded in 1725–35; armiger + -ous

Example Sentences

Carson's book is strewn with such showoff, jawbreaker words as armigerous, pogonologist, acescent, enchiridion, ochlocracy.*

From Time Magazine Archive

And it was on his behalf, to uphold his fantastic claim, that these West Country clods, led by a few armigerous Whigs, had been seduced into rebellion!

From Captain Blood by Sabatini, Rafael

Indeed, I am not quite sure that any armigerous families had ever inhabited Llanddewi; though I have a dim notion that certain old farm-houses were pointed out to me as having been "gentlemen's houses."

From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur