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 Translation for 'shield bearer' from English to French
NOUN   a shield bearer | shield bearers
hist.
écuyer {m}
shield bearer
Partial Matches
porteur {m} de cercueilpall-bearer
hist.occup.
échanson {m}
cup-bearer
hist.mil.
porte-bannière {m}
flag-bearer
porteuse {f} de cercueilpall-bearer [female]
tenir les cordons du poêleto be a pall-bearer
mil.occup.
porte-drapeau {m} [aussi fig.]
standard-bearer [also fig.]
armure
bouclier {m}
shield
écol.météo.
couche {f} d'ozone
ozone shield
géogr.géol.
bouclier {m} canadien
Canadian Shield
sport
protège-dents {m} [aussi : protège-dent]
gum shield
électr.phys.
cage {f} de Faraday
Faraday shield
écol.météo.
ozonosphère {f}
ozone shield
électr.phys.
bouclier {f} de Faraday
Faraday shield
géol.
volcan {m} bouclier
shield volcano
tech.
bouclier {m} thermique
heat shield
entom.T
punaise {f} verte [Palomena prasina]
green shield bug
tech.
anti-éblouissement {m}
anti-glare shield
ombrer qc.to shield sth. [against direct sunlight]
BDF
Le Bouclier Arverne
Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield
mettre qn. en avant [pour se protéger] [fig.]to use sb. as a shield [fig.]
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Usage Examples English
  • It became known as White Horse in 1368 when the manor became owned by Walter Whitehors, who was shield-bearer to Edward III (previously it was known as Benchesham Manor).
  • Before continuing on to penetrate Italy further southwards, Alboin left a large garrison at Cividale and placed the government of the district under his nephew and "Marepaphias" (shield-bearer), Gisulf as a "dux", who was allowed to choose the "faras" or noble families with which he wished to settle the land.
  • He died in about 1465 and was succeeded by his son, the seventh Laird who was James III of Scotland's chamberlain and shield bearer.
  • It has been translated as "shield-bearer".
  • "dexter" and "sinister") side - "with respect to the person carrying the shield" - so the left side of the shield as drawn on the page (thus the right side to the shield bearer) is called the dexter side.

  • They produced several varieties, including specialized throwing axes (see francisca) and "bearded" axes or "skeggox" (so named for their trailing lower blade edge which increased cleaving power and could be used to catch the edge of an opponent's shield and pull it down, leaving the shield-bearer vulnerable to a follow-up blow).
  • "Atlanticus testaceus", 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 in North America.
  • ("shield bearer"), in medieval or Old English a "scutifer".
  • It was carried by the "skouterios" ("shield-bearer"), alongside the Imperial shield, on official events.
  • Each man was allowed three shields and a shield-bearer who carried the shield during battle.

  • The genus name, "Rastrinus", means like as scraper, while the specific name "scutiger" means shield bearer, Both are presumed to be a reference to the rough scales of this sculpin.
  • "Coptodisca arbutiella", the madrone shield bearer, is a moth of the family Heliozelidae.
  • The King granted it to his shield-bearer Thomas Cheney (also spelt Cheyne) in 1364.
  • Wounded and with his sword-arm incapacitated, Crassus orders his shield-bearer to take his life.
  • The "skouterios" ([...] , "shield-bearer") was a Byzantine court office in the 13th–14th centuries, whose role was to carry the emperor's personal standard, the "divellion".

  • In all cases, the name is derived from Greek, and refers to the distinctive shield-like false indusium found especially in "A.
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