Ape-bearer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person, usually a buffoon, who strolls or carries a monkey around for exhibition. Early, Modern, archaic

    "Vices I would say (Sir.) I know this man well, he hath bene since an Ape-bearer, […]"

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"Vices I would say (Sir.) I know this man well, he hath bene since an Ape-bearer, […]"

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