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shield-bearers

shield-bearers is the plural of shield-bearer.

Meaning of shield-bearer

Noun

shield-bearer (plural shield-bearers)

  1. A person who carries a shield, either a warrior, or a lower-ranking person who carries a shield for a higher-ranking person.
    • “Never have shield-bearers so grim of face ever landed before on out shores!”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 23

Questions about shield-bearers

What is shield-bearers the plural of?
Shield-bearers is the plural of shield-bearer.

Words near shield-bearers in the dictionary

  1. shield wall
  2. shield walls
  3. shield-backed bug
  4. shield-backed bugs
  5. shield-bearer
  6. shield-bearers
  7. shield-maid
  8. shield-maiden
  9. shield-maidens
  10. shield-maids
  11. shield-may

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