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train-bearers

train-bearers is the plural of train-bearer.

Meaning of train-bearer

Noun

train-bearer (plural train-bearers)

  1. An attendant who supports the train of a dignitary.
    • This fellow, I say, stiled himself a lawyer, but was indeed a most vile petty-fogger, without sense or knowledge of any kind; one of those who may be termed train-bearers to the law […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

Questions about train-bearers

What is train-bearers the plural of?
Train-bearers is the plural of train-bearer.

Words near train-bearers in the dictionary

  1. train wreck
  2. train wrecked
  3. train wrecking
  4. train wrecks
  5. train-bearer
  6. train-bearers
  7. train-mate
  8. train-mates
  9. train-of-four
  10. train-of-fours
  11. train-wreck

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