cup-bearer
(ˈkʌpˌbɛərə(r))
One who carries a cup; an officer of a king's or nobleman's household who served his master with wine.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 75 A Copberer, ciphigerulus. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII, c. 14 Esquyers for the Kynges body hys Cuppe berers Carvours and Sewers. 1611 Bible Neh. i. 11. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 263 The cup-bearer carries round wine which he draws..and pours into the cups. |