dapifer
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.
Examples
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But in a medieval vocabulary we find "setter of mes, dapifer," which would make it the same as Sewer (Chapter XV).
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St. Mary's Abbey at York and was founded by Wyman, steward or dapifer to the Earl of Richmond, about the year 1100, whereas the Franciscans in the town owed their establishment to Radulph Fitz-Ranulph, a lord of Middleham in 1258.
Note
The word 'dapifer' comes from Latin roots meaning 'feast' and 'bearer'.
