单词 | pantryman |
释义 | pantrymann. A man in charge of or employed in the pantry of a household, hotel, or ship; (also) a butler, a butler's assistant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > pantryman panterc1325 pantler?a1400 panterera1450 pantryman1522 1522 in H. Paton Rep. MSS Earl of Mar & Kellie (1904) 12 Ane carver, pantreman [etc.]. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 6 The Cuik, The Portar, The Stewart, The Pantriman. 1603 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 248 Panttri men. 1649 in E. B. Chancellor Hist. Richmond (1885) 91 One little Gallery above-stayrs, used for the Pantry and Larderie men. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. x. 171 The pantry-men cleaned out the cups. 1891 Daily News 9 Nov. 7/2 Prisoner had been in the employ of the Savoy Hotel Company as pantryman, and after he had left in June a quantity of plate was missed. 1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class II. i. 117 We all play the market... All the waiters, the cooks, the pantrymen, the doormen. 1997 V. A. Kramer & A. Russ Harlem Renaissance Re-examined ii. 364 During a dispute with the pantryman,..he is reported to the steward for threatening to spit in the crew's food. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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