shield-bearern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshield-ˌbearer.

a. An attendant who carries the shield of a warrior.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] > weapon- or armour-bearer

scutifera1400

armourerc1405

harness-man1530

weapon-bearer1535

esquire1553

armour-bearer1560

harness-bearer1563

shield-bearer1603

shield-knave1627

Port-glaive1652

sword-bearer1660

selictar1684

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 427 His [Epaminondas'] esquire or shield-bearer had received a good piece of money for the ransome of a prisoner.

1761 London & Environs Described I. 45 Chaucer..was employed as a shield-bearer to the King.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxx. 479 He first inquired whether his shield was safe and his shield-bearer answering in the affirmative produced it before his eyes.

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids ii. 477 Now shield-bearer Automedon and all the Scyrian host Closed on the walls.

figurative.1893 G. Smith United States 165 Jefferson's successor was his shield-bearer, Madison.

b. (See quot. 1911.)

ΚΠ

1911 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Shield-bearer, any one of the small elachistid moths of the genus Coptodisca (formerly Aspidisca), as the resplendent shield-bearer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shield-bearer
释义	shield-bearern. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshield-ˌbearer. a. An attendant who carries the shield of a warrior. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] > weapon- or armour-bearer scutifera1400 armourerc1405 harness-man1530 weapon-bearer1535 esquire1553 armour-bearer1560 harness-bearer1563 shield-bearer1603 shield-knave1627 Port-glaive1652 sword-bearer1660 selictar1684 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 427 His [Epaminondas'] esquire or shield-bearer had received a good piece of money for the ransome of a prisoner. 1761 London & Environs Described I. 45 Chaucer..was employed as a shield-bearer to the King. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxx. 479 He first inquired whether his shield was safe and his shield-bearer answering in the affirmative produced it before his eyes. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids ii. 477 Now shield-bearer Automedon and all the Scyrian host Closed on the walls. figurative.1893 G. Smith United States 165 Jefferson's successor was his shield-bearer, Madison. b. (See quot. 1911.) ΚΠ 1911 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Shield-bearer, any one of the small elachistid moths of the genus Coptodisca (formerly Aspidisca), as the resplendent shield-bearer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1603
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