Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who has charge of a larder.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One in charge of the larder.

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  • noun One in charge of a larder.

Etymologies

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larder +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Edmund Chambers claimed and obteined the office of principall larderer for him and his deputies, by reason of his manour of Skulton, otherwise called Burdellebin Skulton, in the countie of Norfolke.

    Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed

  • The lord of the barony of Bedford performed the office of almoner; and the office of chief larderer was performed by the deputy of the Earl of

    Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip

  • Robert Larderer is never mentioned in the records, but Robert Maghfeld, called king's larderer, is mentioned.

    Chaucer's Official Life James Root Hulbert 1926

  • Robert Larderer is never mentioned in the records, but Robert Maghfeld, called king's larderer, is mentioned.

    Chaucer's Official Life Hulbert, James Root, 1884- 1912

  • This proposal was at once accepted by Henry, who regarded it as so nearly an admission of his claim that he immediately appointed two new bishops: his chancellor, Roger, to Salisbury, and his larderer, also Roger, to Hereford.

    The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888

  • Roger the larderer, appointed to Hereford, had died without consecration, and in his place Reinelm, the queen's chancellor, had been appointed.

    The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888

  • Roll 1378, p. 158] and a larderer [Footnote: Issues (Devon) 1370, p. 45) are called "esquiers" there, might lead one to think that the word can have but a vague force and no real difference in meaning from "vallettus."

    Chaucer's Official Life James Root Hulbert 1926

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