armiger
Noun
Meaning
Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.
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He rose to become the commander and royal standard-bearer (armiger regis) of Castile upon Sancho's ascension in 1065.
But Armiger is not truly a man -- he's a cyborg extension of a rogue AI that nearly destroyed the galaxy.
The parade will be led by the carnival prince and princess Zoeii Armiger and Toby Gardiner, both aged seven and both pupils at Robert Peel Lower School.
Often, these can have local significance or a historical link to the armiger.
The helmet is borne of right, and forms no part of a grant of arms; it may be assumed without authority by anyone entitled to bear arms, together with mantling and whatever motto the armiger may desire.
The same is true in heraldry, where left and right in a coat of arms is treated as if the shield was being held by the armiger.