*iger*

n. [ L. armiger armor bearer; arma arms + gerere to bear. ] Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing arms. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ascus + -gerous. ] (Bot.) Having asci. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barba a beard + -gerous. ] Having a beard; bearded; hairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being belligerent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or state of being engaged in war or a warlike conflict; warfare.
Syn. -- hostilities. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. an aggressively hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a readiness to fight or offend, with little or no provocation. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. belligérant. See Bellicose, Jest. ] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. “Belligerent powers.” E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a belligerent manner; hostilely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse. ] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cirrus + -gerous. ] (Biol.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry. ] One who carries a club; a club bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry. ] One who carries the keys of any place. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing a club or a key. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -gerous. ] Producing coral; coralliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corniger; cornu horn + gerere to bear. ] Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cotyle + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Having cotyles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear. ] Bearing hair; hairy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crux, cricis, cross + -gerous. ] Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous. ] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ L. digerens, p. pr. of digerere. See Digest. ] Digesting. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disobliges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with asterlike flowers; the leaves were formerly used medicinally, but now are only occasionally so used.
Syn. -- genus Erigeron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. frigerare, fr. frigus cold. ] To make cool. [ Obs. ] Blount.

‖n.; pl. Gigeria [ NL., fr. L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. ] (Anat.) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Globigerinæ [ NL., fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3, 000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + morigerous. ] Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [ Obs. ] -- Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear. ] Bearing or producing wool. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Leger, and Ledger. ] See Leger, n., 2. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. linum flax + -gerous. ] Bearing flax; producing linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The meagre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manticore.
Syn. -- manticore, mantichora, manticora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. morigeratus, p. p. of morigerari to comply with. See Morigerous. ] Obedient. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. morigeratio. ] Obsequiousness; obedience. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. morigerus; mos, moris, custom, manner + gerere to bear, conduct. ] Obedient; obsequious. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. naviger; navis ship + gerere to bear. ] Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Nigeria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country Nigeria; as, The Nigerian capital used to be Lagos. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Nigeria; as, A Nigerian novelist won the Noble Prize for literature this year. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Niger.
Syn. -- Nigerian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Niger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. not directly at war; as, nonbelligerent nations. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A country which is not involved in a war. [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ovum + -gerous: cf. F. ovigere. ] (Biol.) Bearing eggs; oviferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Palpigerous. ] (Zool.) That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Palpus + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing a palpus. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pedi- + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing or having feet or legs. [ 1913 Webster ]