trainbearer

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English

Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)

Etymology

From train +‎ bearer.

Noun

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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