MEN-AT-ARMS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

men-at-arms

noun

plural of man-at-arms

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service the condottieri who served as men-at-arms for the Italian city-states often sold their allegiance to the highest bidder

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civilians

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Recent Examples of men-at-arms But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for men-at-arms

Noun

That lack of sentimentality persists throughout — through the war wherein the architect gets shipped to the Eastern Front and his wife must find a way to survive an occupation in her house of Soviet soldiers, and right up to the final section.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Cabrera carefully handed bags of belongings to soldiers escorting a small group of families returning home to gather their things.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026