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gentlemen-at-arms

gentlemen-at-arms is the plural of gentleman-at-arms.

Meaning of gentleman-at-arms

Noun

gentleman-at-arms (plural gentlemen-at-arms)

  1. A member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, a bodyguard to the British monarch, instituted in 1509 and now having only ceremonial duties.

Questions about gentlemen-at-arms

What is gentlemen-at-arms the plural of?
Gentlemen-at-arms is the plural of gentleman-at-arms.

Words near gentlemen-at-arms in the dictionary

  1. gentlemen's Cs
  2. gentlemen's gentlemen
  3. gentlemen's measures
  4. gentlemen's room
  5. gentlemen's rooms
  6. gentlemen-at-arms
  7. gentlemen-in-waiting
  8. gentlemen-pensioners
  9. gentleness
  10. gentlenesses
  11. gentlepeople

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