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man-at-arms

  [man-uht-ahrmz]
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–noun, plural men-at-arms.
1. a soldier.
2. a heavily armed soldier on horseback, esp. in medieval times.
Origin:
1325–75; ME
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man-at-arms   (mān'ət-ärmz')
n.   pl. men-at-arms (měn'-)
A soldier, especially a medieval cavalryman supplied with heavy arms.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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