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armsbearing

armsbearing noun: the act of bearing arms; the possession of weapons.

Noun

armsbearing (uncountable)

  1. The act of bearing arms; the possession of weapons.
    • II. A MILITIA OF ALL MEN CAPABLE OF ARMSBEARING.1826, F. D. Cartwright, editor, The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 244
    • Could this be effected; could all the population of the Turkish empire, of armsbearing age, be enlisted in an army, organized, disciplined, and led like the armies of France and of England, it would indeed make the Porte formidable, not merely to the Greeks, but to the leading powers in Europe, who...1827 July, “1. Vindication of H. D. Sedgwick, with some Inquiries respecting the Award in the Case of the Greek Frigates. […]”, in The North American Review, volume XXV, number LVI, Boston, Mass....

Adjective

armsbearing (not comparable)

  1. Engaged in bearing arms; armed.
    • In a war with a single tribe, near a tenth part of the armsbearing population of Massachusetts was killed, and one house in ten laid in ashes.1837, Speech of Mr Cushing of Massachusetts, on the Proposition to Censure Mr John Quincy Adams, for an Alleged Disrespect to the House of Representatives, page 11
    • I shall proceed, however, to investigate, as far as possible, the several differences borne by the Nevilles upon the saltire of their first armsbearing ancestor, Robert fitz Maldred.1866, read by John Gough Nichols, “The armorial windows erected in the reign of Henry VI. by John Viscount Beaumont and Katharine Duchess of Norfolk in Woodhouse Chapel, by the Park of Beaumanor, in...

Origin of armsbearing

From arms + bearing.

Questions about armsbearing

What does armsbearing mean?
Armsbearing means the act of bearing arms; the possession of weapons.
What part of speech is armsbearing?
Armsbearing can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near armsbearing in the dictionary

  1. arms-bearers
  2. armsaye
  3. armsayes
  4. armsbearer
  5. armsbearers
  6. armsbearing
  7. ArmSCII
  8. armscye
  9. armscyes
  10. armsful
  11. armsfull

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