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Definition: ARRAYER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Arrayer" is a common misspelling or typo for: arrayed, arrayers.

Date "Arrayer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARRAYER

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] One who arrays. In English history, an officer who had a commission of array, to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military service. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: ARRAYER

Arrayer

The term arrayers is used is some ancient English statutes, for an officer who had a commission of array, to put soldiers of a country in a condition for military service.

Though obsolete by the 17th century, the system was revived by Charles I in 1642 (in opposition to the 1641 Militia Ordinance that gave Parliament control of raising troops) in order to muster a Royalist army at the onset of the English Civil War.

See also

  • Posse comitatus

References

  • 1828 Webster's Dictionary
  • This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

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