trainbearer
nounEtymology From train + bearer.
1
Someone who holds up the train of a dress, robe etc.
- She was first employed as the Queen's trainbearer, and went on to become her main lady-in-waiting.
2
Either of two species of long-tailed hummingbirds in the genus Lesbia, found in tropical South America.
- Derived terms
- black-tailed trainbearer, green-tailed trainbearer