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book-bearers

book-bearers is the plural of book-bearer.

Meaning of book-bearer

Noun

book-bearer (plural book-bearers)

  1. A person who carries a religious book to the priest, or to and from the altar, during a religious procession.
  2. (archaic, obsolete) A theatrical prompter.

Questions about book-bearers

What is book-bearers the plural of?
Book-bearers is the plural of book-bearer.

Words near book-bearers in the dictionary

  1. book-answerer
  2. book-answerers
  3. book-bag
  4. book-bags
  5. book-bearer
  6. book-bearers
  7. book-bosomed
  8. book-bound
  9. book-boy
  10. book-boys
  11. book-building

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