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scarleteer

noun

Etymology

From scarlet + -eer.

  1. derived from sigillātus
  2. derived from σιγιλλᾶτον
  3. derived from سِقِلَّات
  4. derived from سقرلات
  5. derived from scarlātum — “scarlet cloth”
  6. derived from escarlate
  7. inherited from scarlet
  8. suffixed as scarleteer — “scarlet + eer”

Definitions

  1. One who wears scarlet robes of office, such as a cardinal.

    • 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.

  2. A prostitute.

    • Damn it, he wasn't going to stand by and be dished by any lousy scarleteer of a yellow devil; not much.,
    • Each scarleteer had her own cubicle and jism-caked pad.

  3. A variety of chrysanthemum with red petals.

    • BGA Raspberry Ice and BGA Scarleteer was judged too late in flowering to be useful.
    • A difference in tolerance between the varieties was noted with Minnpink being more susceptible than Scarleteer when treated with either EPTC or RP-17623.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA