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dapifer

UK/ˈdæpɪfə/

dapifer noun: the servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.

Noun

dapifer (plural dapifers)

  1. (historical) The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
  2. (historical) The official title of the steward in a medieval English nobleman's household.
  3. (historical) The most senior of the five great officers of state in the medieval French royal court.

Forms of dapifer

pluraldapifers

Origin of dapifer

From Medieval Latin dapifer, from Latin daps (“feast”) + -fer (“bearer”).

Questions about dapifer

What does dapifer mean?
Dapifer means the servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
What part of speech is dapifer?
Dapifer is a noun.
How do you pronounce dapifer?
Dapifer is pronounced /ˈdæpɪfə/ (UK).
What is the plural of dapifer?
The plural of dapifer is dapifers.

Words near dapifer in the dictionary

  1. daphnoline
  2. daphnomancy
  3. daphnoretin
  4. Daphnë
  5. Dapi
  6. dapifer
  7. dapifers
  8. Dapin
  9. Dapingian
  10. Dapins
  11. dapiprazole

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