Cupbearer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cupbearer \Cup"bear`er\ (-b[^a]r`[~e]r), n.
     1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an
        entertainment.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble,


        permanently charged with the performance of this office
        for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." --Neh. i.
        11.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cupbearer
       n : the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household)
           whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Cup-bearer
     an officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and
     Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king of Egypt is
     mentioned in connection with Joseph's history (Gen. 40:1-21;
     41:9). Rabshakeh (q.v.) was cup-bearer in the Assyrian court (2
     Kings 18:17). Nehemiah filled this office to the king of Persia
     (Neh. 1:11). We read also of Solomon's cup-bearers (1 Kings
     10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4).