scarleteer
Etymology
From scarlet + -eer.
scarleteer means One who wears scarlet robes of office, such as a cardinal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
noun
- One who wears scarlet robes of office, such as a cardinal.“In the meane while the chancellour, who was in the Convocation house, and the rest of his retinew, put on scarlet habits: and no sooner had the vicechancellour finished, but the chancellour, with the bedells before him and the scarleteers after him, entred the Theater, all bare, while the organ played.”
- A prostitute.“Damn it, he wasn't going to stand by and be dished by any lousy scarleteer of a yellow devil; not much.,”
- A variety of chrysanthemum with red petals.“BGA Raspberry Ice and BGA Scarleteer was judged too late in flowering to be useful.”