n. [ OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr. L. armatura. See Armature. ] [ Spelt also armour. ] 1. Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In English statues, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war, including offensive as well as defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms every man should provide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. --
Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 horseradish.
Syn. -- genus Armoracia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clad with armor. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Nav.) A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second. [ Archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Mil.) a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers. [ PJC. ]

n. [ OE. armurer, armerer, fr. F. armurter, fr. armure armor. ] 1. One who makes or repairs armor or arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory. ] Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea. ] Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n. The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native of Armorica. [ 1913 Webster ]