sword bearer
Ceremonial weapon holder
A sword bearer is someone who carries a ceremonial sword on behalf of another, typically in formal processions or official functions.
The role appears in religious ceremonies, civic traditions, and royal courts, where the sword bearer walks before a dignitary as a symbol of authority: The sword bearer led the mayor into the chamber.
The term sometimes applies more broadly to anyone entrusted with carrying weapons for another.
- pageNoble's young assistant
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
retainer · attendant · vassal · feudal lord · standard · procession · ritual · hilt · sheath · marshal · royal · royal court · lord and lady · court · pageantry · escort · honor guard · coronation
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- ceremony participantsofficiant, celebrant, best man, maid of honor, bridesmaid
- Viking WorldNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland
- bearerspallbearer, torchbearer, cupbearer
- military attendantsaide-de-camp, batman, orderly, aide, adjutant
- ceremonial officersBeefeater, herald, Portcullis, usher, verger