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.

Typed by Blanche

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Dress (for distinction, as of servants).[2]. (Law.) Delivery.

Checked by Bernie

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

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