pantler
English
Etymology
From pantelere, a dissimilated variant of Middle English panterere, from panetrie; equivalent to pantry + -er.
Noun
pantler (plural pantlers)
- (obsolete) The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.
- c. 1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
- A good shallow young fellow. ’A would have made a pantler; ’a would ha’ chipp’d bread well.
- c. 1610 William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act IV, Scene4,[2]
- Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon
- This day she was both pantler, butler, cook,
- Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all;
- c. 1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,[1]
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989