an armed man, or someone who has an insignia or coat of arms (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlauice
Alonso de Molina:
tlauice. hombre armado, o persona que tiene armas e insignias. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 144v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.