cupbearer

English

Etymology

cup + bearer

Noun

cupbearer (plural cupbearers)

1. One whose profession in general, or role in a particular event, is to carry a cup.

   For I was the king's cupbearer. -Nehemiah 1:11

Related terms

• cupbearing

Translations

cup carrier

• Bulgarian: виночерпец (bg) (vinočerpec) m
• Dutch: schenker (nl)

• Finnish: juomanlaskija (fi)
• Greek: οινοχόος (el) (oinochóos) m