liveried

[US]/'lɪvərɪd/
[UK]/'lɪvərɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. wearing a uniform or prescribed clothing.

Example Sentences

Liveried footmen stood on the palace steps.

The liveried doorman opened the door for the guests

The liveried chauffeur drove the fancy car to the event

The liveried staff served drinks at the elegant party

The liveried messenger delivered important documents to the office

The liveried bellhop helped carry the luggage to the room

The liveried attendants greeted guests at the grand hotel entrance

The liveried waiter took orders and served food in the upscale restaurant

The liveried security guard patrolled the premises to ensure safety

The liveried pilot prepared for takeoff in the private jet

The liveried maids cleaned and tidied up the luxurious mansion

Real-world Examples

In the corridor a liveried servant bowed and opened the door for him.

Source: Resurrection

M. Valenod gave a look to one of his liveried servants who disappeared and soon there was no more singing to be heard.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

Another hansom had just driven away, and Brackenbury could see a gentleman being admitted at the front door and received by several liveried servants.

Source: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

As Griphook had already warned them, the liveried goblins who usually flanked the entrance had been replaced by two wizards, both of whom were clutching long thin golden rods.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

At last, liveried in the costume of the age, reality entered the room in the shape of a servant to tell the duchess that her carriage was waiting.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

On the silken sleeve of his liveried waistcoat, which chief detective Dudouis found in his garret between the mattresses of his bed, several spots of blood were discovered.

Source: Gentleman Thief

The New York Palace Hotel, which held the Strager Foundation Gala, was so grand it was almost comical: a fairytale fortress, with a courtyard and arched windows, it was dotted with liveried footmen in daffodil silk knickerbockers.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

I turned into Madison Avenue, past huge glass-fronted luxury stores with their doors locked and, dotted between them, the occasional restaurant, windows darkened like closed eyes, or a gilded hotel whose liveried doorman didn't look at me as I passed.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

For it is a solid, heavy, handsome door, and must once have been in the habit of shutting with a sonorous bang behind a liveried lackey, who had just seen his master and mistress off the grounds in a carriage and pair.

Source: Adam Bede (Part One)

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