armour-bearer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Arabs have a saying that Gafsa was founded by Nimrod's armour-bearer; but a more reasonable legend, preserved by Orosius and others, attributes its creation to Melkarth, the Libyan and Tyrian Hercules, hero of colonization.
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman
Down swoops Jove's armour-bearer, and on high With taloned claws hath trussed him.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Thus he spoke; but quickly the swift Oïlean Ajax heard, and first advanced opposite, running through the battle; after him Idomeneus, and Meriones, the armour-bearer of Idomeneus, equal to man-slaughtering Mars.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois
Opening his eyes, Simon saw, by the red light of a torch, which the armour-bearer of Judas was holding aloft, that Maccabeus was before him.
From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.
The assembly was not yet dismissed when, lo! his armour-bearer proclaimed what had happened.
From St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh by Lawlor, Hugh Jackson
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