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n. - Armor plate that protects the chest.

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Usage examples (7)
  • Noun : under the imperial aegis. ,a debate under the aegis of the League of Women Voters
  • The thunder burst again -- a short, abrupt peal, as if the egis had fallen from the weakened hand of the thunderer.
  • Either because I knew his tastes, or to satisfy all my guests that I wished to make them happy, I was not sparing in truffles, and they appeared under the egis of young...
  • Kipsigis: ngolinyit, ngololiet, Luo: ohao, Turkana: eligoi, egis) is a scrambling, usually leafless plant often confused with
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