GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gentlemen-at-arms   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gentleman-at-arms" is a kind of...):

gentleman (a man of refinement)

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