GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS Definition & Meaning

gentleman-at-arms

[ jen-tl-muhn-uht-ahrmz ]

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noun

plural gentlemen-at-arms.

(in England) one of a guard of 40 gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions.

gentleman-at-arms

noun

a member of the guard who attend the British sovereign on ceremonial and state occasions

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gentleman-at-arms¹

First recorded in 1855–60

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After the Restoration appointed captain and paymaster of the corps of gentleman-at-arms.

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"Aye," said old Diccon, "belike thou goest to some grand castle to live there, and be a page there and what not, and then, haply, a gentleman-at-arms in some great lord's pay."

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