English Explanatory Dictionary

trainbearer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who holds up the train of a dress, robe etc.
  2. Either of two species of long-tailed hummingbirds in the genus Lesbia, found in tropical South America.

Word forms

trainbearer trainbearers

Etymology

From train + bearer.

Derived words

black-tailed trainbearer green-tailed trainbearer
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