different between armor vs brassard

English

Alternative forms

• armour (British, Canadian, Australian)

Etymology

From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin arm?t?ra. Doublet of armure.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /????.m?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)

Noun

armor (countable and uncountable, plural armors) (chiefly American spelling)

1. (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

   Hyponyms: body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armor

2. (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.

   Synonyms: carapace, chitin, horn

3. (uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.

   Synonym: armor plate

4. (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
5. (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.

   Synonyms: cavalry, mechanized

6. (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.

Synonyms

• (body armour): body armour, body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor
• (animal): horn, carapace, chitin
• (metal plate): armour plate, armor plate
• (military): mechanized, cavalry

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

armor (third-person singular simple present armors, present participle armoring, simple past and past participle armored)

1. (transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
2. (transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Translations

Anagrams

• Marro, Morar, Morra, maror, morra

Albanian

Noun

armor

1. armour (body protection)

Latin

Verb

armor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of arm?

Middle English

Noun

armor

1. Alternative form of armure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brassard, from bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b???s??d/

Noun

brassard (plural brassards)

1. (historical) An armor plate that protects the arm.
2. An insignia or band worn around the upper arm.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 26:

     Muslims found not wearing the white brassards as prescribed by the army were simply despatched on the spot.

Translations

French

Etymology

From bras +? -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a.sa?/

Noun

brassard m (plural brassards)

1. armguard, brassard
2. armband
3. bracer

Further reading

• “brassard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).