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"ref": "1596, William Lambarde, “The Goodwine, or Goodwine Sands: Lomea after Twyne”, in A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre. […], London: […] Edm[und?] Bollifant, →OCLC, page 107:",
"text": "[W]hile the King [Edward the Confessor] and Godwine [Godwin, Earl of Wessex] ſate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the Cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to ſlip with the one foote, and yet by good ſtrength of his other leg, to recouer himſelfe without falling: [...]",
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"text": "[P]rosper, I pray thee, thy ſeruant this day, and grant him mercie in the ſight of this man. For I was the kings cup-bearer.",
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"ref": "1683, Francis Osborn[e], “Some Traditional Memorials on the Reign of Q. Elizabeth”, in The Works of Francis Osborn, Esq; […], 9th edition, London: Printed, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, published 1689, →OCLC, paragraph 10, page 374:",
"text": "This Princeſs [Elizabeth I], in imitation of her Father Henry the Eighth did admit none about her for Penſioners, Privy Chamber-men, Squires of the Body, Carver's, Cupbearers, Sewers, &c. (that were not a few in number) but perſons of ſtature, ſtrength, and birth, [...]",
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"ref": "1736, [Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède], translated by Robert Loveday, Hymen’s Præludia: Or, Love’s Master-piece. Being that So-much-admir’d Romance, intitled, Cleopatra. […], volume I, London: […] J. Watson, […], →OCLC, part II, book I, page 78:",
"text": "[C]alling for Drink, one of the King's Cup-bearers that was accuſtomed to ſerve me, preſented the Cup with a troubled Look, and diſcompoſed Countenance: [...] taking the Cup from his Hands, I was carrying it to my Mouth, when Arſanes enter'd the Chamber, and haſtily running up to me, juſt as I touched the Cup with my Lips, he ruſhed against my Arm ſo rudely, as he made me let fall the Cup, [...]",
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"ref": "1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 101:",
"text": "The cup-bearer shrugged his shoulders in displeasure. \"I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber,\" said he; \"but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's.— [...]\"",
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"ref": "1986, John W[esley] Baldwin, “The King’s New Men”, in The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages, 1st paperback edition, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif., Oxford, Oxfordshire: University of California Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 109:",
"text": "The routine of the royal household required great swarms of servants, designated variously as cupbearers (scantiones), squires (scutiferi), pantlers (panetarii), cooks, and falconers, all of lesser importance than the chamberlain.",
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"ref": "2015, Kaori O’Connor, “The Assyrians and Achaemenid Persians: Empires of Feasting”, in The Never-ending Feast: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Feasting, London, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 78:",
"text": "The hands were washed with perfumed water before commencing, and frequently wiped on a napkin as the meal proceeded, while cupbearers stood by to replenish the drinking cup and bowls of the king and his guests.",
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"ref": "1683, Francis Osborn[e], “Some Traditional Memorials on the Reign of Q. Elizabeth”, in The Works of Francis Osborn, Esq; […], 9th edition, London: Printed, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, published 1689, →OCLC, paragraph 10, page 374:",
"text": "This Princeſs [Elizabeth I], in imitation of her Father Henry the Eighth did admit none about her for Penſioners, Privy Chamber-men, Squires of the Body, Carver's, Cupbearers, Sewers, &c. (that were not a few in number) but perſons of ſtature, ſtrength, and birth, [...]",
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"ref": "1736, [Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède], translated by Robert Loveday, Hymen’s Præludia: Or, Love’s Master-piece. Being that So-much-admir’d Romance, intitled, Cleopatra. […], volume I, London: […] J. Watson, […], →OCLC, part II, book I, page 78:",
"text": "[C]alling for Drink, one of the King's Cup-bearers that was accuſtomed to ſerve me, preſented the Cup with a troubled Look, and diſcompoſed Countenance: [...] taking the Cup from his Hands, I was carrying it to my Mouth, when Arſanes enter'd the Chamber, and haſtily running up to me, juſt as I touched the Cup with my Lips, he ruſhed against my Arm ſo rudely, as he made me let fall the Cup, [...]",
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"ref": "1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 101:",
"text": "The cup-bearer shrugged his shoulders in displeasure. \"I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber,\" said he; \"but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's.— [...]\"",
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"ref": "1986, John W[esley] Baldwin, “The King’s New Men”, in The Government of Philip Augustus: Foundations of French Royal Power in the Middle Ages, 1st paperback edition, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif., Oxford, Oxfordshire: University of California Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 109:",
"text": "The routine of the royal household required great swarms of servants, designated variously as cupbearers (scantiones), squires (scutiferi), pantlers (panetarii), cooks, and falconers, all of lesser importance than the chamberlain.",
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"ref": "2015, Kaori O’Connor, “The Assyrians and Achaemenid Persians: Empires of Feasting”, in The Never-ending Feast: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Feasting, London, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 78:",
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"word": "সাকী"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"word": "číšník"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"word": "číšnice"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"word": "mundskænk"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"code": "egy",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
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"word": "wbA-bA"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "pokalisto"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "skeinkjari"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "juomanlaskija"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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],
"word": "échanson"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mc̣de",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "მწდე"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "merikipe",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "მერიქიფე"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Schenk"
},
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
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"word": "Schenkin"
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"code": "el",
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],
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "byrlari"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coppiere"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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],
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"word": "pincerna"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"word": "pocillātor"
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "munnskjenk"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sâqi",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "ساقی"
},
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"english": "roughly",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podczaszy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cześnik"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "copeiro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "copeira"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "paharnic"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "ceașnic"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "păhărniceasă"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vinočérpij",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виноче́рпий"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обер-ше́нк"
},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gille-cupa"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "copero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "copera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "munskänk"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
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"word": "ganymed"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
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"word": "skänksven"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"word": "saki"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ober-šénk",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обер-ше́нк"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vynočérpij",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виноче́рпій"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vynočérpecʹ",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виноче́рпець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čášnyk",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ча́шник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidčášyj",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "підча́ший"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sāqī",
"sense": "one who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ساقی"
}
],
"word": "cupbearer"
}
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