scarleteer

From scarlet +‎ -eer.

scarleteer (plural scarleteers)

1. One who wears scarlet robes of office, such as a cardinal.
   • 1892, Anthony Wood, Andrew Clark, Llewelyn Powys, The Life and Times of Anthony Wood:

     In the meane while the chancellour, who was in the Convocation house, and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits: and no sooner had the vicechancellour finished, but the chancellour, with the bedells before him and the scarleteers after him, entred the Theater, all bare, while the organ played.

   • 1894, Sir Henry Craik, English Prose: Selections - Volume 3, page 173:

     Soon after the king approaching within the gate, the mayor, recorder, and some of the scarleteers alighted, while the rest put themselves out to march before the king.

2. A prostitute.
   • 1816, Thomas Burke, Limehouse Nights:

     Damn it, he wasn't going to stand by and be dished by any lousy scarleteer of a yellow devil; not much.,

   • 1967, Hal Travers, Voyage Sixty-nine, page 305:

     Each scarleteer had her own cubicle and jism-caked pad.

3. A variety of chrysanthemum with red petals.
   • 1969, The Chrysanthemum Bulletin - Volumes 25-28, page 62:

     BGA Raspberry Ice and BGA Scarleteer was judged too late in flowering to be useful.

   • 1972, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society:

     A difference in tolerance between the varieties was noted with Minnpink being more susceptible than Scarleteer when treated with either EPTC or RP-17623.

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