释义 |
ˈpantryman A man in charge of or employed in the pantry (or in the commissariat department of a passenger ship); a butler or his help.
1563–7Buchanan Reform. St. Andros Wks. (1892) 6 The Cuik, The Portar, The Stewart, The Pantriman. 1849James Woodman xxv, The pantry-men cleaned out the cups. 1891Daily News 9 Nov. 7/2 Prisoner had been in the employ of the Savoy Hotel Company as pantryman, and after he had left in June a quantity of plate was missed. |