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PRONUNCIATION OF CUPBEARER

cupbearer  [ˈkʌpˌbɛərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUPBEARER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cupbearer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUPBEARER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cup-bearer

The cup-bearer as an honorific role, for example with the Egyptian hieroglyph for a cup-bearer, was used as late as 196 BC in the Rosetta Stone for the Kanephoros cup-bearer Areia, daughter of Diogenes; each Ptolemaic Decree starting with the Decree of Canopus honored a cup-bearer. A much older role was the appointment of Sargon of Akkad as cup-bearer in the 23rd century BC.

Definition of cupbearer in the English dictionary

The definition of cupbearer in the dictionary is an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUPBEARER


bearer
ˈbɛərə
caldera
kælˈdɛərə
carer
ˈkɛərə
casebearer
ˈkeɪsˌbɛərə
cordillera
ˌkɔːdɪlˈjɛərə
Eire
ˈɛərə
ensign-bearer
ˈɛns ənˌbɛərə
macebearer
ˈmeɪsˌbɛərə
pallbearer
ˈpɔːlˌbɛərə
Perak
ˈpɛərə
riviera
ˌrɪvɪˈɛərə
Sarah
ˈsɛərə
sierra
sɪˈɛərə
swordbearer
ˈsɔːdˌbɛərə
talebearer
ˈteɪlbɛərə
torchbearer
ˈtɔːtʃˌbɛərə
trainbearer
ˈtreɪnˌbɛərə
underbearer
ˈʌndəˌbɛərə
Valera
vəˈlɛərə
wayfarer
ˈweɪˌfɛərə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUPBEARER

cup
Cup Final
cup size
cup tie
cup-holder
cup-tied
cupboard
cupboard love
cupcake
CUPE
cupel
cupeler
cupellation
cupelled
cupeller
cupelling
cupferron
cupful
cupgall
cuphead

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUPBEARER

armour-bearer
besmearer
clearer
comparer
fearer
forbearer
forswearer
furbearer
hearer
office bearer
rearer
shearer
sheepshearer
spearer
standard-bearer
stretcher bearer
stretcher-bearer
swearer
tearer
Water Bearer
wearer

Synonyms and antonyms of cupbearer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cupbearer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUPBEARER

Find out the translation of cupbearer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cupbearer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cupbearer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

斟酒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

copero
570 millions of speakers

English

cupbearer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cupbearer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السقاة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

виночерпий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

copeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মদ্য-পরিবেষক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

échanson
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengantara cupcake
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mundschenk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

酌人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

술 관원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cupbearer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tửu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பானபாத்திரக்காரனுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्यालेबरदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cupbearer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coppiere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podczaszy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виночерпий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paharnic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οινοχόος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skinker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

munskänken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

munnskjenk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cupbearer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPBEARER»

The term «cupbearer» is normally little used and occupies the 120.234 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPBEARER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cupbearer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUPBEARER»

Discover the use of cupbearer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cupbearer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The royal cupbearer; or, Lessons from the book of Nehemiah
Ifa. fLogitl. (Eupbtaur. ' And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.' — Nehemiah i. 4. Nehemiah's name is expressive of the ...
Thomas Rowson, 1884
2
The King's Cupbearer: An Historical Morality Play in Twelve ...
You meet him in the street, — the man who goes About his daily toil with hope and cheer, A loving worker, he who always knows The joy of building rightly in his task, — This is "The King's Cupbearer." None may ask To know a nobler one than ...
Agnes Chalmers, 1920
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The King's Cupbearer
Rollin Woodruff. KLHIfi'S. film. earer. Rollin Woodruff The King's Cupbearer The King's Cupbearer The Lonesome, Anxious TruTh. Front Cover.
Rollin Woodruff
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The American Shorthorn Herd Book
6. 1916 00 CHIEF MARSHAL red Jan. 5, 1919 Sire. Dam, Escana Clipper 677075 . . i Dora 5th 220050 Cupbearer of Millhills 54*991 Clara 114371 Cupbearer of Millhills 548991 Cumberland Lassie 220049 Cupbearer of Millhills 548991 Mina ...
Lewis Falley Allen, 1920
5
The Book of Genesis: Chapters 18-50
9 The chief cupbearer, while waiting on his superior, overhears Pharaoh's conversation with his magicians and their inability to provide him with satisfactory dream interpretation. It is difficult to know, as in the case of the magicians' ignorance, ...
Victor P. Hamilton, 1995
6
The American Short-horn Herd Book ...
Sept. 3. 1918 Cupbearer of Millhills 548991 Cumberland Lassie 220049 i A, 1) Dunn , , . ... 1918 Cupbearer of Millhilla 548991 Maplewood Violet 4th 166840 A. D. Dunn . ... 1913 Cupbearer of Millhills 548991 Roan Betty 166841 | A. D Dunn .
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The Torah: Portion by Portion
Joseph served meals to the baker and the cupbearer for a whole season. Then, they "dreamed in the same night, each his own dream and each dream with its own meaning." When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were  ...
Seymour Rossel, 2007
8
Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the ...
the staples of both poor and wealthy Egyptians. The cupbearer is the expert wine taster. Both men's professions are right in line with Isaac's blessing for Iacob and his descendants: “May God give you . . . plenty of grain and wine” (Gen. 27:28).
Joel Butler, Randall Heskett, 2012
9
Josh McDowell's One Year Book of Youth Devotions
After he'd been there a while, two other prisoners joined him: Pharaoh's chief cupbearer and chief baker. One night the cupbearer and the baker both had dreams, and they mentioned them to Joseph. When they described their dreams to ...
Josh McDowell, Bob Hostetler, 1997
10
Encyclopaedia Judaica Volume 5:
CUPBEARER, a high ranking royal official primarily in charge of serving wine to the king. Since he was close to the person of the king, who feared intrigue and the possibility of poisoned food, the cupbearer was required to be a man of ...
Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUPBEARER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cupbearer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Preparing to Build
His boss obviously knew his cupbearer well though, because he attributed Nehemiah's unusual mien to a heaviness of heart, and asked him ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Joseph's vocation
The Lord gave Joseph favor in the prison warden's sight (Gen 39:21). The Lord sent a cupbearer to prison to meet Joseph, restored the man to ... «Brnow, Jul 15»
3
Game of Thrones: The 15 Best (and 11 Worst) Book Changes
Discovering that she is a well-read girl with the wits about her to dress as a boy, Tywin takes her on as his cupbearer and provides the series ... «Den of Geek!, Jun 15»
4
Rebuilding our communities: 'The Call,' the challenges, the …
Forward Thinkers, Nehemiah was a high official in the Persian court, he served as the king's cupbearer (Nehemiah 1:11), which evidently put ... «Frost Illustrated, Jun 15»
5
'Nehemiah days' planned to rebuild Unity grounds
One of the lesser-known Biblical figures, Nehemiah was a cupbearer to Persian King Artaxerxes I in the fifth century. Hearing about the damage ... «Westlake | Bay Village Observer, Jun 15»
6
Game Of Thrones season 5: The best and worst book-to-show …
Arya Stark found herself acting as cupbearer for Tywin Lannister in Harrenhal, but in the books the pair never actually cross paths. It was a ... «Metro, May 15»
7
A Closer Look at Game of Thrones Season Five, Episode Four
... during the war, taking Arya as his cupbearer), and one of the most famous, and it now belongs to Littlefinger, who was awarded it by Cersei. «Gawker, May 15»
8
3 councilmen support interfaith group's wage-theft solution
The Nehemiah Action has confrontation in its DNA, drawing inspiration from the bold request of the Jewish cupbearer Nehemiah — as ... «Charleston City Paper, Apr 15»
9
'Game of Thrones' vs. the books: Why the TV version just won
They've conflated characters and shortened stories; they've made inspired changes such as making Arya Stark the cupbearer to Tywin ... «Mashable, Apr 15»
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Turn any 'Game of Thrones' newbie into a master with these 12 …
After that cliffhanger, you're really going to need to see what happens to Renly — not to mention Arya ending up as Tywin's cupbearer. «Mashable, Apr 15»

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