armour-bearer

history a retainer who carried the arms or armour of a warrior

Words nearby armour-bearer

The messenger answered, he had none but one man, who had been his armour-bearer, and was staying with him without the town.

Old English Chronicles |Various
Jonathan and his armour-bearer charged the Philistine garrison and routed hundreds singlehanded.

When the Holy Ghost is Come |S. L. Brengle
Saul appointed him his armour-bearer, thus securing to himself the cheering influence of his presence.

History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
The latter anticipated his surrender, inasmuch as he and his armour-bearer mutually slew each other.

The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI) |Max Duncker

In the earliest times, possibly in the days of Olybion himself, every warrior of distinction was attended by his armour-bearer.

The Curiosities of Heraldry |Mark Antony Lower