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ape-bearers

ape-bearers is the plural of ape-bearer.

Meaning of ape-bearer

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...

Questions about ape-bearers

What is ape-bearers the plural of?
Ape-bearers is the plural of ape-bearer.

Words near ape-bearers in the dictionary

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

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