train-bearer
See also: trainbearer
English
Noun
train-bearer (plural train-bearers)
- An attendant who supports the train of a dignitary.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- 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 […]
Translations
attendant who supports the train
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