noun
- people who carry the train of a formal dress or robe, especially at weddings or ceremonial events
Usage: formal; ceremonial contexts
Examples
- The bride’s young cousins served as trainbearers during the wedding ceremony.
- Two pages acted as trainbearers for the queen’s elaborate coronation gown.
- The trainbearers carefully lifted the dress’s long train as she walked down the aisle.
- At the formal event, several children were chosen to be trainbearers for the duchess.
- The wedding party included bridesmaids, flower girls, and two trainbearers.
- Professional trainbearers are sometimes hired for very formal ceremonies.