Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boatbearer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boat-bear-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A clergyman who carries the incense before it is lit.

Example Sentences

"He remembered the summer evening he had been there to be dressed as a boatbearer, the evening of the procession to the little altar in the wood."

Etymology

From boat + bearer.

Inflected Forms

boatbearers (plural)

Questions

What does boatbearer mean?: A clergyman who carries the incense before it is lit.
Where does boatbearer come from?: From boat + bearer.

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