"ape-bearer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 291, column 1:",
          "text": "Vices I would say (Sir.) I know this man well, he hath bene since an Ape-bearer, […]",
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        "A person, usually a buffoon, who strolls or carries a monkey around for exhibition."
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        "(Early Modern, archaic) A person, usually a buffoon, who strolls or carries a monkey around for exhibition."
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