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from The Century Dictionary.

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

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

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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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