Definition of "armor-bearer" [ar•mor-bear•er]

• Alternative spelling of armorbearer. (noun)

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• "Jonathan, with his armor-bearer only, at the very beginning, slew twenty of the enemy; and the Philistines, utterly confounded, turned their arms against each other."
• "Queen was well satisfied with the idea, but the armor-bearer, who had overheard everything, being much attached to his young master, went straight to him and revealed the whole plot."
• "After that, he drew aside his armor-bearer, Dardanus, and had some discourse with him in private."