'Shield-bearer' definitions:

Definition of 'Shield-bearer'

From: GCIDE
  • Shield-bearer \Shield"-bear`er\, n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. [1913 Webster]