loaf-eatern.
/ˈləʊfˌiːtə/, U.S. /ˈloʊfˌidər/ Historical.
One who ‘eats the bread’ of a master; a household servant.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant
spear1539
dependerc1565
dependant1598
pensionnaire1604
feedera1616
reliant1665
encumbrance1742
to-fall1822
loaf-eater1844
a1000 Laws of Ethelbert c. 25 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) I. 8 Gif man ceorles hlaf-ætan ofslæhð.]
1844 C. MacFarlane Camp of Refuge I. 54 Frithric..had maintained one score and ten loaf-eaters or serving men in his glorious abbey.
1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 101 A mere ceorl has had..a soke..over his house and over his loaf-eaters.
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