单词 | pipe bearer |
释义 | > as lemmaspipe bearer pipe bearer n. an attendant who bears the pipe of a chief, ruler, official, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > one who carries a pipe pipe bearer1763 chiboukchy1834 pipeman1834 1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan 31 His Hookah (or pipe) bearer. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xxi. 602 The turbaned official who comes, attended by his secretary and pipe-bearer, to pay you a visit of ceremony. 1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Dec. a3 ‘Everything is finally coming back’, said George Shield, an Assiniboine pipe bearer. < as lemmas |
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