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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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).
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