suit of armor

Questions about suit of armor

What does suit of armor mean?

suit of armor means "armor that protects the wearer's whole body".

What is another word for suit of armor?

Close synonyms include body armor, body armour, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suit of armor a common word?

suit of armor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.