paviser

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  1. A soldier who carried a pavise, or large shield. Theire prayes and theire presoneres passes one aftyre, With pylours, and pavysers, and pryse mene of armes. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), l. 3005.
  2. According to some authors, a man who carried the pavise for the protection of another, as a crossbowman or archer.

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  1. Middle English, also pavyser, from Old French pavaisier, pavesier, pavoisier, pavoiseur, a soldier armed with a pavise, from pavois, a pavise: see pavise.
 

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