• (RP) IPA: /ˈkʌpˌbɛəɹə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈkʌpˌbɛɹɚ/

cupbearer (plural cupbearers)

1. (chiefly, historical) One who ceremonially fill#Verb|fills and hands out the cup#Noun|cups in which a drink#Noun|drink is serve#Verb|served.

   Synonyms: cupper

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Nehemiah 1:11 ↗:

     For I was the king's cupbearer.

   • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

     The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he; "but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's. […]

• cupbearing

• French: échanson
• German: Mundschenk, Schenk
• Italian: coppiere, coppiera
• Russian: виноче́рпий
• Spanish: copero, copera