Armigerous

//ɑɹˈmɪ.d͡ʒɚ.əs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Entitled to bear a coat of arms. not-comparable

    "Mr. Udal suggests that an armigerous woman who marries a non-armigerous man may still display her own arms. But how? Her husband has no shield, so where are the wife's arms to go?"

Synonyms

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armigeral

Example

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"Mr. Udal suggests that an armigerous woman who marries a non-armigerous man may still display her own arms. But how? Her husband has no shield, so where are the wife's arms to go?"

Etymology

From armiger + -ous.

Related phrases

coat of arms

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