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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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Armored
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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.
EXPANDAlso 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.
COLLAPSEthe 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; 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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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
EXPANDWar ironclads (first attested in this sense in an 1855 report from the U.S. Congressional Committee on Naval Affairs).
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