trainbearer

See also: train-bearer

English

Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)

Etymology

train +‎ bearer

Noun

trainbearer (plural trainbearers)

Someone who holds up the train of a dress, robe etc..
She was first employed as the Queen's trainbearer, and went on to become her main lady-in-waiting.
Either of two species of long-tailed hummingbirds in the genus Lesbia, found in tropical South America.

Derived terms

Further reading

Lesbia (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lesbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lesbia (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

“trainbearer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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