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armorer

armorer

1 7.2
A military person who fixes and maintains guns and other weapons
  • noun
  • /ˈɑːrmər/
  • US
translation icon : armero
  • The experienced armorer repaired the soldiers' rifles before their deployment.

And every army had to bring along a whole group of armourers to constantly keep its muskets repaired.

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Examples

  • I have been a Certified Colt AR15/M16 Armorer until I let it lapse, so I know what I am talking about.

    Blog text (26)

  • Where are you going?" the armorer asked.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • And every army had to bring along a whole group of armourers to constantly keep its muskets repaired.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • True, he'd had the armorer tune it for him; but still, it had always been sufficient to do the job.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • One who was abroad at the time and Nimrod, who spent the war first as an armorer and then in command of the workshop that built the first armored cars.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • As the armorers worked diligently, they ensured that every piece of equipment was battle-ready.

  • During the training exercise, the armorer demonstrated how to properly maintain a weapon.

Synonyms

gunsmith
vsarmorer
  • Specialized
5 7.1

A person who makes, fixes, or changes guns

is responsible for military upkeep of a wider range of weapons and armor
artificer
vsarmorer
  • Jargon
9.7

A soldier who fixes weapons and other military equipment

is the military specialist who maintains and repairs weapons and armor
weaponeer
vsarmorer
  • Jargon
9.2

A person who makes or fixes weapons and their parts

is the military technician who maintains and repairs weapons rather than builds them

Surface Forms

armorer singular
armorers plural

Morphology

armorer = armor (semi-transparent) = armor + er

The word is clearly built from 'armor' + '-er', but the specialized military sense of someone maintaining weapons is not fully predictable from the base word alone.

Etymology

Armorer comes from the old word armor and the Latin arma, meaning 'weapons' or 'arms'. So an armorer in the military is the person who makes, repairs, and keeps weapons safe.