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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the manège, an usher to a riding-master.
  • noun An annual acanthaceous herb, Erianthera paniculata (Justicia paniculata of Burman), native to India and Ceylon, where it is sometimes cultivated in gardens.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Man.) An usher to a riding master.

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  • noun An usher to a riding master.

Etymologies

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French, ultimately from Latin creatus (" putMEANINGhere created, begotten"); compare Italian creato ("pupil, servant"), Spanish criado ("a servant, client").

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