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Definition of Trainbearers
1. trainbearer [n] - See also: trainbearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trainbearers
Literary usage of Trainbearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"The Queen's Officers, the Noblemen who bore her Majesty's Regalia, her Supporters,
trainbearers and Assistants, stood near her Majesty; her Lord Chamberlain ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"You should have brought some boys from your father's shop to serve as trainbearers.
Your father's ware could have been more minutely examined ..."
3. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1840)
"Her bridesmaids and trainbearers were similarly attired, save that they had no
veils. Her Majesty wore the Collar of the Garter, but no other diamonds or ..."
4. The Dream, and Other Poems: And Other Poems by Caroline Sheridan Norton (1845)
"The exact order in which the young ladies present on this eventful occasion, as
trainbearers, followed Her Majesty, is not preserved in the poem; ..."
5. The Edinburgh Annual Register by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1823)
"... the trainbearers of the Princes of the Blood Royal, the attendants on the Lord
High Steward, and on the Lord Chancellor, Lord High Constable, ..."
6. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Caroline Ticknor, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan (1898)
"You should have brought some boys from your father's shop to serve as trainbearers.
Your father's ware could have been more minutely examined. ..."
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