A person entitled to bear a coat of arms; a person of noble birth or rank, or an armor-bearer.
From Latin 'armiger' (armor-bearer, weapon-carrier), combining 'arma' (arms/weapons) and 'gerere' (to carry/bear). In medieval usage, it denoted both literal armor-bearers and those with heraldic rights.
In medieval hierarchy, being an 'armiger'—someone officially allowed to display a coat of arms—was incredibly important because your heraldic symbols proved your bloodline and status; without that right, you were officially a nobody.
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