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Meanings of
cup-bearer
in English
Russian
обер-шенк
Spanish
copero
Catalan
coper
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Servant whose task is to pour, (taste) and serve the drinks at the royal table.
échanson
Related terms
historical profession
Russian
обер-шенк
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Usage of
cup-bearer
in English
1
Dufou, seigneur of Montbazon and grand
cup
-
bearer
of France, entered in haste.
2
The
cup
-
bearer
took but a single glance at Kenkenes and started back.
3
Valerian allowed the
cup
-
bearer
to pour, but placed the wine aside.
4
The
cup
-
bearer
and the captain released him and Hotep spoke quietly.
5
During this pretty joust the brows of the prospective
cup
-
bearer
had knitted blackly.
6
Kenkenes immediately guessed why the
cup
-
bearer
was hurt, but the lady was innocent.
7
Whether the servant be a
cup
-
bearer
or a counsellor is of little moment.
8
He offered to make me his
cup
-
bearer
and to give me great honours.
9
Fill the goblets,
cup
-
bearer
,
let not one moment of our lives be wasted!
10
Every care vanishes when the
cup
-
bearer
presents the delicious chalice.
11
The
cup
-
bearer
bowed and rumbled his appreciation of her courtesy.
12
The frontispiece, a woodcut by A. E. Curtis, is a portrait of the
cup-bearer
.
13
The new
cup
-
bearer
waved his hand, and Kenkenes went on.
14
And in Shelley's Prometheus, Jupiter calls to his
cup
-
bearer
thus:
15
He put me to serve as his
cup
-
bearer
and waiter.
16
She constituted herself
cup
-
bearer
,
wine-taster and handmaiden for their daughter.
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Translations for
cup-bearer
Russian
обер-шенк
Spanish
copero
Catalan
coper
Cup-bearer
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