ˈtankard-ˌbearer
One who bears a tankard; spec. † a. One employed in drawing and carrying water from the public pumps and conduits (obs.); b. A cup-bearer.
| c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 10 Tankarde berers, bouge men, and spere planers. 1532 More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 738/2 King or subiect, carter or cardinal, butcher or bishop, tanckerdberer or kennel raker. 1538 Elyot, Amphorarius. he that beareth the potte, a tankarde bearer. 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. i. ii, Like a tankard-bearer at a conduit. 1601 Ibid. (Qo.) iii. iii, What? a tankard-bearer, a thread-bare rascall, a begger. 1675 Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 164 He begs water of a poor tankard-bearer to refresh himself in his weariness and thirst: John xix. 28. |
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| 16.. Marvell Tom May's Death, For a tankard-bearing Muse must we, As for the basket, Guelphs and Ghibelines be. |