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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Shield-bearer

· Shield·-bear·er · IPA
01 n. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, carries a shield.
  2. 2.
    Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.(Zool.)