1. a person who holds up the train of a robe or gown, especially in a formal ceremony
Usage: formal; ceremonial

Examples

• The bride’s young cousin served as her trainbearer during the wedding ceremony.
• Two pages acted as trainbearers for the queen’s elaborate coronation gown.
• The archbishop’s trainbearer carefully lifted the heavy ceremonial robes.
• At the graduation ceremony, a student volunteer worked as the dean’s trainbearer.
• The trainbearer walked slowly behind the judge in the formal procession.
• Medieval nobles often employed trainbearers to manage their long robes.