1. (n.)livery a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his or her retainers.
2. livery a uniform worn by servants.
3. livery distinctive attire worn by an official, a member of a company or guild, etc.
4. livery any of various companies of the City of London descended from medieval guilds and formerly characterized by such livery.
5. livery characteristic dress, garb, or outward appearance: the green livery of summer.
6. livery the care, feeding, stabling, etc., of horses for pay.
7. livery a company that rents out automobiles, boats, etc.
8. livery Law. an ancient method of conveying a freehold by formal delivery of possession.
Etymology: (1770–80; liver1+ -y1)
Definition of 'livery'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)livery uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
2. (noun)delivery, livery, legal transfer the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
3. (adj)livery the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
4. (adj)bilious, liverish, livery suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
Definition of 'livery'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)livery the act of delivering possession of lands or tenements
2. (noun)livery the writ by which possession is obtained
3. (noun)livery release from wardship; deliverance
4. (noun)livery that which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc
5. (noun)livery the uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service
6. (noun)livery the peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery
7. (noun)livery hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London
8. (noun)livery hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance
9. (noun)livery an allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc
10. (noun)livery the feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery
11. (noun)livery the keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept
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