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Definition of "liveried" []

  • Wearing livery: Liveried footmen stood on the palace steps. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "liveried" in a sentence
  • "I want to be so rich someday that I can hire liveried lackeys to go out and panhandle for me."
  • "After palace hotels and liveried doormen, India's hoteliers and developers are warming up to the possibilities of Spartan rooms with a bed and a television but minimal services -- no bell boys, no newspapers and no pampering."
  • "It had the laughable name of Tuxedo Towers, which conjures images of liveried footmen, and polo, but in reality it had a day-glo aqua lobby, creaky elevator, and the entire place looked shoddy and rundown."
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