different between armor vs cataphract

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

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Related terms

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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.

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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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt?f?ækt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæt??f?ækt/, [-??-]
• Hyphenation: ca?ta?phract

Etymology 1

From Latin cataphractes (“suit of armour”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kataphrákt?s, “suit of armour”), from ????- (kata-, prefix indicating a great degree or intensity) + ??????? (phraktós, “protected; fenced in”) (from ?????? (phráss?, “to fortify, secure; to fence in”)) + -??? (-t?s, suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being).

Noun

cataphract (plural cataphracts)

1. (military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
2. (ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.

Derived terms

• cataphracted (adjective)
• cataphractic

Translations

Etymology 2

The adjective is derived from Ancient Greek ??????????? (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”), from ???????????? (kataphrássein, “to suit in armour”) (see further at etymology 1) + -??? (-tos, “suffix forming adjectives”).

The noun is derived from Latin cataphractus (“wearing armour, mailed”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (katáphraktos, “covered, enclosed, shut up; completely suited in armour”); see above.

Adjective

cataphract

1. (nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.

   Antonym: aphract

Translations

Noun

cataphract (plural cataphracts)

1. (military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).

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See also

• cuirassier

References

Further reading

• cataphract on Wikipedia.Wikipedia