A servant having charge of the scullery.

A man who has to work for his bread; a servant; a labourer.

A person employed in a kitchen, a cook; spec. the person in charge of the kitchen of a monastery, convent, etc.

An assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion. Also in extended use, as a term of abuse: a man of low birth or status; a knave, a…

A male servant employed to do the most menial tasks in a kitchen. Also (derogatory): a servile or insignificant underling. Cf. scullion, n.

A domestic servant of the lowest rank in a household who performed the menial offices of the kitchen; hence, a person of the lowest order, esp…

A scullion.

One who swills dishes; a scullion. Obsolete.

One who washes plates and dishes; a scullion or scullery-maid.

An inferior servant, drudge, scullion. Obsolete.

A female domestic servant who works in a kitchen, esp. as an assistant to a cook.

A female servant (esp. a girl or young woman) employed to do menial tasks in a kitchen. Cf. kitchen knave, n., scullion, n.

A scullion. Also in combination scull-boy.

A servant employed to wash pots; spec. the designation of a servant employed at the Inns of Court. Obsolete.

A female servant employed in a kitchen; a kitchen maid. Obsolete.

A servant whose office was to scrape the trenchers after use. (In Oxford colleges the term was in regular use till the 18th cent.)

A person employed in a kitchen; a cook.

A (kitchen) servant; a menial (in quot. 1716 used attributive).

a kitchen drudge.

An assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant doing menial work, a scullion.

a boy employed to clean table-knives.

U.S. slang. A cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, a person engaged in menial work.

a person employed to do menial work in a kitchen, esp. a cook or kitchen-maid; also (more generally) a domestic servant; cf. mechanic, n. 1a.