The status of armiger relates to the person who carried the knight's arms (arma), his esquire. The use of armigerous to indicate having a coat of arms is a later use and I have never come across the noun's use in this sense, although it does occur in some dictionaries. Gentleman is a very broad status, distinguished usually by the title Master, and which became increasingly contested as many aspired to it, including non-armigerous families - thus Mayors and Aldermen insisted on being addressed as Master and as Gentleman.
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