armiferous

English

Etymology

From Latin armifer, from arma (“arms”) + ferre (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

armiferous (not comparable)

1. (rare) Bearing arms or weapons.

Translations

bearing weapons

• Portuguese: armífero

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “armiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)