arms

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹmz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːmz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mz

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.

arms pl

1. Weaponry, weapons.
2. (heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

   The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant gardant or.

   • 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:

     The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.

arms

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arm

   If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

See arm.

arms

1. plural of arm

• M.R.A.S., S/MAR, MRAs, SARM, MRSA, mas'r, Mars, ASMR, MSAR, Rams, RAMs, Masr, AMRs, ASRM, rasm, MARS, SRAM, mars, rams

arms

1. plural of arm

arms c

1. indefinite genitive singular of arm

arms

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃

arms

1. indefinite genitive singular of armur

arms

1. indefinite genitive singular of arm

• Mars, mars, rams