HYPASPIST


Meaning of HYPASPIST in English

/hi pas"pist, huy-/ , n.

a shield bearer, esp. one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.

[ 1820-30; hypaspistés shield bearer, equiv. to hyp- HYP- + aspis shield + -tes n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .