Scarleteer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who wears scarlet robes of office, such as a cardinal.
"In the meane while the chancellour, who was in the Convocation house, and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits: and no sooner had the vicechancellour finished, but the chancellour, with the bedells before him and the scarleteers after him, entred the Theater, all bare, while the organ played."
- 2 A prostitute.
"Damn it, he wasn't going to stand by and be dished by any lousy scarleteer of a yellow devil; not much.,"
- 3 A variety of chrysanthemum with red petals.
"BGA Raspberry Ice and BGA Scarleteer was judged too late in flowering to be useful."
Example
More examples"In the meane while the chancellour, who was in the Convocation house, and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits: and no sooner had the vicechancellour finished, but the chancellour, with the bedells before him and the scarleteers after him, entred the Theater, all bare, while the organ played."
Etymology
From scarlet + -eer.
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