Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cupbearer"
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).
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) 1.7 (wn)
cupbearer
n : the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household)
whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
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