armsbearing adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •Engaged in bearing arms; armed.In a war with a single tribe, near a tenth part of the armsbearing population of Massachusetts was killed, and one house in ten laid in ashes. — 1837 noun1 •The act of bearing arms; the possession of weapons.II. A MILITIA OF ALL MEN CAPABLE OF ARMSBEARING. — 1826
