trainbearer
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See also: train-bearer
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
trainbearer (plural trainbearers)
- Someone who holds up the train of a dress, robe etc..
- She was first employed as the Queen's trainbearer, and went on to become her main lady-in-waiting.
- Either of two species of long-tailed hummingbirds in the genus Lesbia, found in tropical South America.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Lesbia (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lesbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Lesbia (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References[edit]
- “trainbearer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.