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scarleteer en · NOUN

Etymology

From scarlet + -eer.

Meanings

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. 1892, Anthony Wood, Andrew Clark, Llewelyn Powys, The Life and Times of Anthony Wood:
   • Soon after the king approaching within the gate, the mayor, recorder, and some of the scarleteers alighted, while the rest put themselves out to march before the king. 1894, Sir Henry Craik, English Prose: Selections - Volume 3, page 173:
2. A prostitute.
   • Each scarleteer had her own cubicle and jism-caked pad. 1967, Hal Travers, Voyage Sixty-nine, page 305:
   • Damn it, he wasn't going to stand by and be dished by any lousy scarleteer of a yellow devil; not much., 1816, Thomas Burke, Limehouse Nights:
3. A variety of chrysanthemum with red petals.
   • A difference in tolerance between the varieties was noted with Minnpink being more susceptible than Scarleteer when treated with either EPTC or RP-17623. 1972, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society:
   • BGA Raspberry Ice and BGA Scarleteer was judged too late in flowering to be useful. 1969, The Chrysanthemum Bulletin - Volumes 25-28, page 62:

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