armorist

English

From armor +‎ -ist.

armorist (plural armorists)

(heraldry) A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.
- 1949, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England), The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion:
  Several others are in the College of Arms. He was the first Welsh armorist to produce armorials of marshalled coats […]
(uncommon) An armorer; one who produces arms and armor.
- 2010 January 14, Erik S. Johnson, Tenshi, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 132:
  "But for now, you can have your fun and glory amusing a mob. you'll die in the arena soon enough." He pauses and examines Kiyo' s armor. "It seems the smithy and the armorist have given you some gifts to prolong your short stay."
- 2021 July 20, Matt Wallace, Savage Bounty, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 99:
  Spud-bar, the Savage Legion's former armorist, is kneeling beside a repurposed wagon wheel, attending to its spoke. […]

a person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms

The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
1816, Encyclopaedia Perthensis, Encyclopaedia Perthensis, page 530:
(1.) *Armorist. n. s. [from armour.] A person skilled in heraldry. Dict. (2.) Armorist, signifies also a person skilled in armory.