canephore
noun
can·e·phore
ˈkanəˌfō(ə)r,
-ȯ(ə)r
variants
or less commonly canephor
or canephora
or canephoros
or canephorus
-ȯ(ə)r
kəˈnefərə
⸗ˈ⸗ərəs,
-ˌräs
⸗ˈ⸗ərəs
plural canephores
ˈ⸗⸗ˌ⸗
also canephorae
⸗ˈ⸗⸗ˌrē,
-ˌrī
or canephori
⸗ˈ⸗⸗ˌrī,
-ˌrē
1
: a maiden bearing a basket on her head in an early Greek religious festival
2
: a caryatid supporting a basketlike member that serves as a capital
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