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One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.

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  1. n. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.
  2. n. One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master.
  3. n. the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
  4. 1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an enterainment. 2. (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." Neh. i. 11.
  5. One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently chargedwith the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king'scupbearer." Neh. i. 11.
  6. n. the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine