Cupbearer \Cup"bear`er\ (-b[^a]r`[~e]r), n. 1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment. 2. (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. ``I was the king's cupbearer.'' --Neh. i. 11.
cupbearer n : the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine