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bread-bearer

bread-bearer noun: an officer of a royal household assigned with the task of supplying or serving bread.

Noun

bread-bearer (plural bread-bearers)

  1. (dated, obsolete) An officer of a royal household assigned with the task of supplying or serving bread.

Forms of bread-bearer

pluralbread-bearers

Questions about bread-bearer

What does bread-bearer mean?
Bread-bearer means an officer of a royal household assigned with the task of supplying or serving bread.
What part of speech is bread-bearer?
Bread-bearer is a noun.
What is the plural of bread-bearer?
The plural of bread-bearer is bread-bearers.

Words near bread-bearer in the dictionary

  1. bread-bags
  2. bread-barge
  3. bread-barges
  4. bread-basket
  5. bread-baskets
  6. bread-bearer
  7. bread-bearers
  8. bread-berry
  9. bread-controller
  10. bread-corn
  11. bread-fleigh

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