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CUPBEARER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cupbearer mean?
• CUPBEARER (noun)
The noun CUPBEARER has 1 sense:
1. the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
Familiarity information: CUPBEARER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("cupbearer" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
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