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liveried

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Etymology

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From livery +‎ -ed.

Verb

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liveried

  1. simple past and past participle of livery

Adjective

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liveried (not comparable)

  1. Dressed in livery, uniformed, especially of a servant or a chauffeur.
    • 1996, Michael Hewitt, “Chat” (chapter 5), in The Official AOL UK for Windows® Membership Kit and Tour Guide, London: International Thomson Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
      Essentially, it’s the software equivalent of one of those liveried servants who takes your visiting card when you arrive at a posh do and announces to the gathering, ‘Sir Frederick and Lady Chomeley Masterson-Smyhthe’.