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Definition of Pantler
1. n. The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry.
Definition of Pantler
1. Noun. (obsolete) The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pantler
1. an officer in charge of provisions [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantler
Literary usage of Pantler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1903)
"3 But a false analogy, it is thought, with "butler" produced the corruption "
pantler." The fate of the words has been widely different ; for while ..."
2. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1843)
"... to be the king's pantler. Pani, penalty. Pans, he thinks. Panse, the belly.
Pantes, hung, pendant, affixed. ..."
3. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"1705. pantler, the servant who took care of the pantry or of the bread, WT iv.
4. 56; aH4. ii. 4. 258; 342; Cymb. ii. 3. 129. paper—Give away thyself in, ..."
4. Men of the Time: Biographical Sketches of Eminent Living Characters ... Also by Alaric Alexander Watts (1856)
"He has his petites entrées at the Louvre, without being either butler or pantler.
As a speaker, he is ready for anything; rushes on, beats a retreat, ..."
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