armoristとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

armor +‎ -ist

名詞

armorist (複数形 armorists)

1. (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 […]

2. (まれに) 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. […]

参照

• 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.