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Added 7 October 2026

arms

/ɑɹmz/ noun

Latin root: arma Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about arms at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Weaponry, weapons.
A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant guardant or.

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of arm
If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

noun

plural of arm

Origin

From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.

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