arms

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun weapons considered collectively
  2. noun the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
  3. noun a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

weaponry, implements of war, weapons system, munition

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