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Definition of Cupbearers
1. cupbearer [n] - See also: cupbearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupbearers
Literary usage of Cupbearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"THE ROOM OF THE cupbearers " There I saw six men in front of the same room. ...
Those are the King of Tara's six cupbearers, namely Uan and Broen and Banna, ..."
2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"Now these were the names of the cupbearers whom Nechtan had, ... Unless the
cupbearers went to the well, no human being would come from it without disgrace. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1850)
"The old Master and Wardens to walk once round the Hall with the Musick and cupbearers.
“Then the old Master and Wardens to crown the new Master and Wardens, ..."
4. An Historical Account of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters of the City of by Edward Basil Jupp (1848)
"1" The old Master & Wardens to walk once round the Hall with the Musick & cupbearers.
Then the Old Master & Wardens to Crown the New Master & Wardens & to ..."
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