Usually means: Carrier of protective armor, defender.
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  1. shield bearer: Merriam-Webster
  2. shield-bearer: Wordnik
  3. shield bearer: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. Shield-bearer, shield-bearer, shield bearer: Dictionary.com
  5. Shield bearer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Shield-bearer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. shield-bearer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Shield-bearer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. shield-bearer: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Shield-bearer, Shield bearer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Shield bearer)

noun:  Shield bearer usually refers to a Macedonian version of a heavy armored hoplite, whose tasks were protecting flanks of the sarrisa phalanx, and carrying a shield to protect other people in same ranks.


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