-doryphoros-

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., spear bearing; &unr_; a spear + fe`rein to bear. ] (Fine Arts) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us. [ 1913 Webster ]