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CUPBEARER

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

• CUPBEARER (noun)

Sense 1

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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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