man-at-arms,
boy, servant; akin to OHG
kneht youth, military follower] (bef. 12c)
1 a (1)
: a mounted
man-at-arms serving a feudal superior ;
esp: a
man ceremonially inducted into special military rank usu. after completing service as page and squire (2)
: a
man honored by a sovereign for merit and in Great Britain ranking below a baronet (3)
: a person of antiquity equal to a knight in rank
b :a man devoted to the service of a lady as her attendant or champion c : a member of an order or society
2 : either of two pieces of each color in a set of
chessmen having the power to make an L-shaped move of two squares in one row and one square in a perpendicular row over squares that may be occupied