An apparitor or precursor who walks officially in front of dignitaries, a mace-bearer. spec. in the English universities (at present conventionally…
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| 释义 | society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > usher > mace-bearer > in universities (3) beadlea1400 An apparitor or precursor who walks officially in front of dignitaries, a mace-bearer. spec. in the English universities (at present conventionally… poker1841 University slang. A university bedel at Oxford and Cambridge, who carries a stave or mace before the Vice-Chancellor. Cf. sense 10b. Now rare. poker-bearer1844 a mace-bearer, a University bedel. |
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