pantler

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  1. An officer in a great family who has charge of the bread; in general, a servant who has care of the pantry. A good shallow young fellow; a’ would have made a good pantler, a' would ha' chipped bread well. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 258. Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, to bear the third Sword before the King; and also to exercise the Office of Pantler. Baker, Chronicles, p. 136. He was a fellow of some birth; his father had been king's pantler. R. L. Stevenson, François Villon.

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  1. from Middle English pantlere, pantelere; an altered form of pantere, English panter, prob. in terminal simulation of butler: see panter.
 

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