Definition of "livery" []

• A distinctive uniform worn by the male servants of a household. (noun)
• The distinctive dress worn by the members of a particular group; uniform: ushers in livery. (noun)
• The costume or insignia worn by the retainers of a feudal lord. (noun)
• The boarding and care of horses for a fee. (noun)
• The hiring out of horses and carriages. (noun)

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• "Planter raises them, and sends Rosa off, R.H. Enter Four Servants in livery, with apparatus for shooting."
• "Except at public functions, the last time I saw a footman in livery was in 1921."
• "It will be sold in livery stables and up back lanes, and be carried in coal-oil cans, and labeled "gopher-poison.""