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trainbearer

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See also: train-bearer

English

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Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)

Etymology

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From train +‎ bearer.

Noun

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trainbearer (plural trainbearers)

  1. Someone who holds up the train of a dress, robe etc..
    She was first employed as the Queen's trainbearer, and went on to become her main lady-in-waiting.
  2. Either of two species of long-tailed hummingbirds in the genus Lesbia, found in tropical South America.

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