| 单词 | bread-bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbread-bearer bread-bearer n. historical and rare in later use (the title of) an officer of a royal household responsible for supplying or serving bread. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of food, table, or plate butlerc1325 asseour1448 yeoman of the ewery1450 yeoman for the mouth1455 yeoman of the bottles1455 lardiner1469 yeoman of the buttery1473 surveyora1475 assewer1478 larderer1483 yeoman of the cellar1508 bread-bearer1518 groom-grubber1526 bottlemana1550 yeoman of the larder1585 saucery-man1691 plateman1842 plate-keeper1843 1518 Expenses Royal Househ. in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1864) (modernized text) II. 1548 5 yeoman, 5 grooms, 2 pages, 1 bread-bearer. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 28 Breadbearer: Fee, £1 10s.4d. 1868 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 381 Jeanne de Bellengues married Jean Malet Sire de Graville, grand falconer, bread-bearer, and master of the crossbowmen of the King of France. 2001 M. Vale Princely Court ii. 37 The seneschal, panetarius (bread-bearer or pantler), and butler—all of them knights—also demanded the right to receive liveries of cloth. < as lemmas |
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