cupman

noun

cupman

noun

Etymology From cup + -man.

1

Archaic A convivial companion.

They were feasted on roast beef plum pudding, and their glasses were kept filled with enough wine and whisky to sate the thirsts of even those mighty cupmen.1977, Eric Linklater, Andro Linklater, The Black Watch: the history of the Royal Highland Regiment, page 83:

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