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 thebread and thepantry in a great house.
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Examples
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At length the hour of noon arrived; she had taken care to provide, under pretence of her own wishes, which the pantler seemed disposed to indulge, such articles of food as could be the most easily conveyed to the unhappy captive.
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In the absolutely necessary intercourse with domestics, Louise, more accustomed to expedients, bolder by habit, and desirous to please Catharine, willingly took on herself the trouble of getting from the pantler the materials of their slender meal, and of arranging it with the dexterity of her country.
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His first care was to obtain some refreshment, which was more cheerfully afforded him by a good-natured pantler than by Dryfesdale, who was, on this occasion, much disposed to abide by the fashion of
The Abbot 2008
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France, to many of the chief officers of the crown — as great seneschal, great master, great chamberlain, great equerry, great pantler, great huntsman, great falconer.
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It seems as if the butler and the pantler had their own separate quarters; and the different species of wine, and the vessels for holding it, are not forgotten.
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Inside, Judith, the pantler, told him to get a list of everything the butcher had sent.
Soul of the Fire Goodkind, Terry 1999
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René de Cossé married into the Gouffier family, just then very powerful at court, and became _premier panelier_ (chief pantler) to Louis
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Dumont would have made "a good pantler, he would have chipp'd bread well;" or, like Scrub, he might have "drawn warrants, or drawn beer," -- but I should doubt if, in a transaction of this nature, the
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Dumont would have made "a good pantler, he would have chipp'd bread well;" or, like Scrub, he might have "drawn warrants, or drawn beer," -- but I should doubt if, in a transaction of this nature, the
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The Abbé Vincent, after sprinkling all the spectators with holy water, presented the paten to the wife of the king's pantler, Jordan, that she might kiss it.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
reesetee commented on the word pantler
If butlers buttle, do pantlers pantle?
November 4, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word pantler
If the pants fit....
November 4, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word pantler
Usage/historical note in comment on trencherman.
January 8, 2017