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ar⋅ma⋅ment

  [ahr-muh-muhnt]
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–noun
1. the arms and equipment with which a military unit or military apparatus is supplied.
2. a land, sea, or air force equipped for war.
3. armor (def. 5).
4. Usually, armaments. military strength collectively: the armaments race; a country without armaments.
5. the process of equipping or arming for war.
Origin:
1690–1700; < L armāmenta fittings, equiv. to armā(re) to fit out (see arm 2 ) + -menta (pl.) -ment

ar⋅mor

  [ahr-mer]
–noun
1. any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
2. a suit of armor.
3. a metallic sheathing or protective covering, esp. metal plates, used on warships, armored vehicles, airplanes, and fortifications.
4. mechanized units of military forces, as armored divisions.
5. Also called armament. any protective covering, as on certain animals, insects, or plants.
6. any quality, characteristic, situation, or thing that serves as protection: A chilling courtesy was his only armor.
7. the outer, protective wrapping of metal, usually fine, braided steel wires, on a cable.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cover or equip with armor or armor plate.
Also, especially British, armour.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME armo(u)r, armure < AF armour(e), armure OF armëure < L armātūra armature; assimilated, in ME and AF, to nouns ending in -our -or 2

Related forms:
ar⋅mor⋅less, adjective
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ar·ma·ment   (är'mə-mənt)   
n.  
  1. The weapons and supplies of war with which a military unit is equipped.
  2. All the military forces and war equipment of a country. Often used in the plural.
  3. A military force equipped for war.
  4. The process of arming for war.

[Latin armāmenta, tools, from arma, arms; see arm2.]
ar'ma·men'tar·y (-měn'tə-rē, -měn'trē) adj.
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