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scarleteers

scarleteers is the plural of scarleteer.

Meaning of scarleteer

Noun

scarleteer (plural scarleteers)

  1. One who wears scarlet robes of office, such as a cardinal.
    • In the meane while the chancellour, who was in the Convocation house, and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits: and no sooner had the vicechancellour finished, but the chancellour, with the bedells before him and the scarleteers after him, entred the Theater, all bare, while the organ...1892, Anthony Wood, Andrew Clark, Llewelyn Powys, The Life and Times of Anthony Wood
  2. A prostitute.
    • Damn it, he wasn't going to stand by and be dished by any lousy scarleteer of a yellow devil; not much.,1816, Thomas Burke, Limehouse Nights
  3. A variety of chrysanthemum with red petals.
    • BGA Raspberry Ice and BGA Scarleteer was judged too late in flowering to be useful.1969, The Chrysanthemum Bulletin - Volumes 25-28, page 62

Questions about scarleteers

What is scarleteers the plural of?
Scarleteers is the plural of scarleteer.

Words near scarleteers in the dictionary

  1. scarlet-like
  2. scarletberries
  3. scarletberry
  4. scarleted
  5. scarleteer
  6. scarleteers
  7. scarleting
  8. scarletish
  9. scarletly
  10. scarletness
  11. scarlets

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