bear arms



bear arms

to carry weapons The court stated that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
Usage notes: usually used in the phrases right to bear arms and keep and bear arms
See also: arm, bear

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Florentinflo-rawn-TENFrench
Howell[hauəl]
FlorenceFLAWR-ənts (English), flo-RAWNS (French)English, French
Nels-Danish
Kim (2)KEEM (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Wigstan-Anglo-Saxon