armored
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mərd adjective
1.
protected by armor or armor plate.
2.
provided with or using armored equipment, as tanks or armored cars: an armored unit; an armored patrol.
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noun
1.
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
2.
a suit of armor.
3.
a metallic sheathing or protective covering, especially 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.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cover or equip with armor or armor plate.
Also, especially British, armour.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English armo(u)r, armure < Anglo-French armour(e), armure Old French armëure < Latin armātūra armature; assimilated, in Middle English and Anglo-French, to nouns ending in -our -or2
1250–1300; Middle English armo(u)r, armure < Anglo-French armour(e), armure Old French armëure < Latin armātūra armature; assimilated, in Middle English and Anglo-French, to nouns ending in -our -or2
Related forms
ar·mor·less, adjective
an·ti·ar·mor, adjective
sub·ar·mor, noun
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armour or (US) armor (ˈɑːmə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any defensive covering, esp that of metal, chain mail, etc, worn by medieval warriors to prevent injury to the body in battle |
| 2. | the protective metal plates on a tank, warship, etc |
| 3. | military armoured fighting vehicles in general; military units equipped with these |
| 4. | any protective covering, such as the shell of certain animals |
| 5. | nautical the watertight suit of a diver |
| 6. | engineering permanent protection for an underwater structure |
| 7. | heraldic insignia; arms |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to equip or cover with armour |
| [C13: from Old French armure, from Latin armātūra armour, equipment] | |
| armor or (US) armor | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C13: from Old French armure, from Latin armātūra armour, equipment] | |
| armoured or (US) armored (ˈɑːməd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having a protective covering, such as armour or bone |
| 2. | comprising units making use of armoured vehicles: an armoured brigade |
| 3. | (of glass) toughened |
| armored or (US) armored | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
armor
c.1300, "mail, defensive covering worn in combat," from O.Fr. armeure (12c.), from L. armatura "arms, equipment," from arma "arms, gear" (see arm (2)). The word might have died with jousting if not for late 19c. transference to metal-shielded machinery beginning with U.S. Civil
War ironclads (first attested in this sense in an 1855 report from the U.S. Congressional Committee on Naval Affairs).
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Example sentences
Likewise heavily armored beetles trust in their protection and also wait out the swarm.
The new enemy was agile and light, and outmatched the lumbering, heavily armored cavalry and infantry.
They suspected that these could be armored plates that serve as a protective covering for the cell when it is active.
Brisk sales for bullet proof vests, bullet proof automobiles, and blast resistant armored vehicles.
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