Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An officer in a great family who has charge of the bread; in general, a servant who has care of the pantry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.

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