A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Armiger, n. [L. ‘arms-bearer’.] An esquire. —15.. Clar. v. 885 (he gart his armigers ostend the creddill of gold); 2434.