One who dispenses or has charge of the provisions in a household; a steward or butler.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > in household, monastery, court, or college (6) spencerc1380 One who dispenses or has charge of the provisions in a household; a steward or butler. fratererc1430 the monk who has charge of the refectory. Also in feminine form and sense. poultera1475 An officer in the royal household, a monastery, etc., who attends to the purchase of poultry and other provisions. Obsolete. provisor1498 A person in charge of getting provisions; a purveyor; the steward or treasurer of a house, monastery, college, etc. Now chiefly historical. sergeant garbagera1616 In the reign of Edward II of England: an officer of the royal kitchen responsible for gutting animal carcasses. Also more fully sergeant garbager. steward1749 A member of a college who supervises the catering or presides at table. |
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