ARMOUR

armor, armour

(noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant

armor, armour

(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat

armor, armour

(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

armor, armour

(verb) equip with armor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Armour (countable and uncountable, plural Armours)

A surname.

A small city, the county seat of Douglas County, South Dakota, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Armour is the 4366^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8139 individuals. Armour is most common among White (60.35%) and Black/African American (33.36%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

armour (countable and uncountable, plural armours) (British spelling)

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

Hyponyms: body armour, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour

(uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.

Synonyms: carapace, chitin, horn

(uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.

Synonym: armour plate

(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.

(military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.

Synonyms: cavalry, mechanized

(hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.

Verb

armour (third-person singular simple present armours, present participle armouring, simple past and past participle armoured) (British spelling)

(transitive) To equip something with armour or a protective coating or hardening.

(transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Source: Wiktionary

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