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ape-bearer

ape-bearer noun: a person, usually a buffoon, who strolls or carries a monkey around for exhibition.

Noun

ape-bearer (plural ape-bearers)

  1. (Early, Modern, archaic) A person, usually a buffoon, who strolls or carries a monkey around for exhibition.
    • Vices I would say (Sir.) I know this man well, he hath bene since an Ape-bearer, […]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of ape-bearer

pluralape-bearers

Questions about ape-bearer

What does ape-bearer mean?
Ape-bearer means a person, usually a buffoon, who strolls or carries a monkey around for exhibition.
What part of speech is ape-bearer?
Ape-bearer is a noun.
What is the plural of ape-bearer?
The plural of ape-bearer is ape-bearers.

Words near ape-bearer in the dictionary

  1. ape hangers
  2. ape in
  3. ape leader
  4. ape leaders
  5. ape shit
  6. ape-bearer
  7. ape-bearers
  8. ape-fissure
  9. ape-fissures
  10. ape-girl
  11. ape-man

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