tankard-bearern.
One who bears a tankard; spec. †(a) one employed in drawing and carrying water from the public pumps and conduits (obsolete); (b) a cup-bearer.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > cup-bearer
birleOE
cupper14..
versora1483
cup-bearer1483
tankard-bearer?1518
copper1528
tankard-yeoman1563
gobleter1623
pincern1623
pocillatora1659
tankard-womana1667
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water
water-bearereOE
water drawereOE
tankard-bearer?1518
water carrier1532
water drawer1574
water-worker1579
water-caster1610
waterman1615
tankard-womana1667
water pumper1708
watering-man1791
water boy1823
pani-wallah1934
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vjv Tankarde berers, bouge men, and spere planers.
1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 738/2 King or subiect, carter or cardinal, butcher or bishop, tanckerdberer or kennel raker.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Amphorarius. he that beareth the potte, a tankarde bearer.
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. iii. sig. G4 What? a tankard-bearer, a thread-bare rascall, a begger. View more context for this quotation
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. iii, in Wks. I. 13 Like a tankard-bearer, at a conduit!
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 242 He begs water of a poor Tankerd-bearer to refresh himself in his weariness and thirst: John 19. 28.
Derivatives
ˈtankard-ˌbearing adj.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [adjective] > bearing tankard
tankard-bearing16..
16.. A. Marvell Tom May's Death For a tankard-bearing Muse must we, As for the basket, Guelphs and Ghibelines be.
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