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Shield bearer usually refers to a
Macedonian version of a
heavy armored hoplite,
whose tasks were
protecting flanks of the
sarrisa phalanx, and carrying...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In the
Middle Ages, a
squire was the
shield- or armour-
bearer of a knight. Use of the term
evolved over time. Initially, a squire...
- with a baton. Riot
shields made for law
enforcement are
typically constructed from
transparent polycarbonate to
enable the
bearer to see
incoming thrown...
- A
hypaspist (Gr****: Ὑπασπιστής "
shield bearer" or "
shield covered") is a squire, man at arms, or "
shield carrier". In Homer,
Deiphobos advances "ὑπασπίδια"...
- A
shield is a
piece of
personal armour held in the hand,
which may or may not be
strapped to the
wrist or forearm.
Shields are used to
intercept specific...
- gibbosus,
known generally as the
robust shieldback or
robust shield-
bearer, is a
species of
shield-backed
katydid in the
family Tettigoniidae. It is found...
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esquire being (as the name escuyer, from escu, a
shield, implies) a knight's
attendant and
shield bearer.
Esquires may be
theoretically divided into five...
- "No
officer was with me, no charioteer, no
soldier of the army, no
shield-
bearer[.]"
Ramesses was able to
defeat his
initial attackers and to return...
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known generally as the
protean shieldback or short-legged
shield-
bearer, is a
species of
shield-backed
katydid in the
family Tettigoniidae. It is found...
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Jakapil (meaning "
shield bearer" in Puelchean) is a
genus of
basal thyreophoran dinosaur from the
Candeleros Formation of Argentina. The type species...
