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Is armiger a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word armiger is a Scrabble US word. The word armiger is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is armiger a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word armiger is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ARMIGER,

6-letter words (4 found)

GAMIER,IMAGER,MAIGRE,MIRAGE,

5-letter words (19 found)

AIMER,AIRER,ARMER,GAMER,GARRE,GRAME,GRIME,IMAGE,MAIRE,MARGE,MARRI,RAGER,RAMIE,REARM,REGAR,REGMA,RERIG,RIMAE,RIMER,

4-letter words (32 found)

AGER,AMIE,AMIR,AREG,EGMA,EMIR,GAIR,GAME,GARE,GARI,GEAR,GERM,GIRR,GRAM,GRIM,MAGE,MAGI,MAIR,MARE,MARG,MEGA,MERI,MIRE,RAGE,RAGI,RAMI,RARE,REAM,REAR,RIEM,RIMA,RIME,

3-letter words (35 found)

AGE,AIM,AIR,AME,AMI,ARE,ARM,EAR,ERA,ERG,ERM,ERR,GAE,GAM,GAR,GEM,GER,GIE,GRR,IRE,MAE,MAG,MAR,MEG,MIG,MIR,RAG,RAI,RAM,REG,REI,REM,RIA,RIG,RIM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AG,AI,AM,AR,EA,EM,ER,GI,MA,ME,MI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 105 words from armiger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of armiger

armiger

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːmɪdʒə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹmɪd͡ʒɚ/

Noun

armiger (plural armigers)

  1. An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight. [from 16th c.]
  2. (loosely, heraldry) Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

  • armigeral
  • armigerous

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From arma (“arms”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.mi.ɡer/, [ˈärmɪɡɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.mi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈärmid͡ʒer]

Adjective

armiger (feminine armigera, neuter armigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. carrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Synonyms

  • (armed): armifer
  • (warlike): armifer, armipotēns, bellātōrius, bellāx, bellicus, bellifer, belliger, bellōsus, ferōx, mīlitāris

Derived terms

  • armigera

Descendants

  • English: armiger
  • Italian: armigero
  • Portuguese: armígero
  • Spanish: armígero

Noun

armiger m (genitive armigerī, feminine armigera); second declension

  1. weapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer
  2. bodyguard
  3. (Medieval Latin) squire

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

See also

  • Armageddon

References

  • “armiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “armiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • armiger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "armiger" in Mediae latinitatis lexicon minus. Lexique latin médieval-français-anglais. A Medieval Latin-French-English dictionary, compiled by Jan Frederik Niermeyer and C. van de Kieft. Leiden: Brill, 1976.

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