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
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 4366th 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