talebearer

Example Sentences

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Eighteen minutes after leaving her home, Narriman swept into the palace with four trainbearers guarding the corners of her trailing gown and faced her husband.

From Time Magazine Archive

He lost his temper at his coronation on perceiving that some of the princesses of his family who were to act as trainbearers were not in their right places.

From Washington in Domestic Life by Rush, Richard

On occasions of state you are to be one of my trainbearers; and when his majesty comes to visit me, you station yourself at my side.

From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)