gen|tle|man-at-arms

gen|tle|man-at-arms
gen|tle|man-at-arms «JEHN tuhl muhn uht AHRMZ», noun, plural gen|tle|men-at-arms.
(in England) one of forty gentlemen who act as guards or attendants to the sovereign on state occasions.

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