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单词 loaf-eater
释义 loaf-eater Antiq.
[A literal rendering of OE. hláf-ǽta. Cf. beef-eater.]
One who ‘eats the bread’ of a master; a household servant.
[a1000Laws of Ethelbert c. 25 in Thorpe Laws I. 8 Gif man ceorles hlaf-ætan ofslæhð.]1844Camp of Refuge I. 54 Frithric..had maintained one score and ten loaf-eaters or serving men in his glorious abbey.1897Maitland Domesday & Beyond 101 A mere ceorl has had..a soke..over his house and over his loaf-eaters.
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