Livery
['lɪv(ə)rɪ] or ['lɪvəri]
Definition
(noun.) the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay.
(noun.) uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs.
Edited by Ivan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
(n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.
(n.) Release from wardship; deliverance.
(n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.
(n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
(n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
(n.) Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.
(n.) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
(n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
(n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
(n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
(n.) A low grade of wool.
(v. t.) To clothe in, or as in, livery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dress (for distinction, as of servants).[2]. (Law.) Delivery.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Uniform, garb, badge, dependence, servitude, retainership, retinue,subservience
ANT:Freedom, immunity, insubservience
Editor: Mervin
Definition
n. the dress or uniform worn by servants esp. men-servants: a dress peculiar to certain persons or things as in the trade-guilds of London: any characteristic dress: the being kept and fed at a certain rate as horses at livery: the whole body of liverymen in London: (orig.) the distinctive dress worn by the household of a king or nobleman so called because delivered or given at regular periods.—adj. Liv′eried clothed in livery.—ns. Liv′ery-com′pany a guild of the city of London; Liv′eryman a man who wears a livery: a freeman of the city of London entitled to wear the livery and enjoy other privileges of his company; Liv′ery-ser′vant a servant who wears a livery; Liv′ery-stā′ble a stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire.—Sue one's livery (Shak.) to ask for the writ delivering a freehold into the possession of its heir.
Editor: Miriam
Examples
- Will any coach—' 'I don't mean that he thould go in the comic livery,' said Sleary. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He has a white Pony to come and fetch him, and a groom in livery on a bay mare. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The livery of his degradation! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A servant in livery, was the answer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A well-bred servant, in a cocked hat and dashing livery entered my room, with many bows. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As well as I could see by the light of the lantern, he was a servant out of livery. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then she went to the livery-man from whom she jobbed her carriages and gratified him with a similar sum. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Nobody could have thought of putting him in a livery, he was so highly respectable. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Bright the carriage looked, sleek the horses looked, gleaming the harness looked, luscious and lasting the liveries looked. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Everything on the table was in silver too, and two footmen, with red hair and canary-coloured liveries, stood on either side of the sideboard. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Squires, pages, and yeomen in rich liveries, waited around this place of honour, which was designed for Prince John and his attendants. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Mervin