armern.
/ˈɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈɑrmər/ rare.
A provider of weapons or armour, an armourer. Also: a state which equips itself or another state with weapons.
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armourera1399
armer1585
weapon-smith1849
1585 in S. Adams Househ. Accts. R. Dudley (1995) 339 Gevyn..to Jacobe the armer of Grenewigh for bryng armer to your lordship.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Armateur, An Armer, a provider of armes or weapons.
1830 Life & Corr. J. P. Jones 253 No agreement had been made by him or on his behalf, with the armers of the ships acting in concert with the Alliance.
1934 Internat. Affairs 13 15 We must have consistent, regular inspection which can, so to speak, take the secret armer by surprise.
2013 P. Neville Hist. Dict. Brit. Foreign Policy 119 The French were (unfairly) accused of being the armers of Argentina.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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