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Synonyms for bear arms


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ahrm
Phonetic Transcription : ɑrm



Définition of bear arms

Origin :
  • "upper limb," Old English earm "arm," from Proto-Germanic *armaz (cf. Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle Dutch, German arm, Old Norse armr, Old Frisian erm), from PIE root *ar- "fit, join" (cf. Sanskrit irmah "arm," Armenian armukn "elbow," Old Prussian irmo "arm," Greek arthron "a joint," Latin armus "shoulder"). Arm of the sea was in Old English. Arm-twister "powerful persuader" is from 1938. Arm-wrestling is from 1899.
  • They wenten arme in arme yfere Into the gardyn [Chaucer]
  • verb carry or possess firearm
Example sentences :
  • Every Italian citizen able to bear arms is liable to military service.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Is it said that women must not vote because they can not bear arms?
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Shih: a gentleman entitled to bear arms, not a knight in armour.
  • Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
  • There are judged to be about eight hundred persons able to bear arms, all Spaniards.
  • Extract from : « Great Pirate Stories » by Various
  • Make them take the oaths to be on parole not to bear arms against us again?
  • Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn
  • Let us assume that there were 60,000 burghers able to bear arms.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell
  • He had no longer any duties to perform, other than those common to all able to bear arms.
  • Extract from : « For the Temple » by G. A. Henty
  • The battle lasted six hours, when all who could bear arms were slain.
  • Extract from : « For the Temple » by G. A. Henty
  • He did not; I was to have been a soldier as soon as I was old enough to bear arms.
  • Extract from : « The Children of the New Forest » by Captain Marryat
  • The South will not submit to that until every man who can bear arms is shot down.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill

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