CUPBEARER

cupbearer

(noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman’s household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cupbearer (plural cupbearers)

(chiefly, historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.

Synonym: cupper (obsolete)

Source: Wiktionary


Cup"bear`er (-br`r), n.

1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an enterainment.

2. (Antiq.)

Definition: One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." Neh. i. 11.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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