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  • noun Plural form of pantler.

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Examples

  • Next came the petty clerks, the comptrollers, and the higher-ranking gentlemen valets from the four main domestic offices: the cup-bearers, the pantlers, the meat-cutters, and the squires of the stable.

    The Funeral of Duke Philip the Good Edward A. Tabri 1990

  • Moreover, Mary was too admirable a needlewoman not to wish to make her daughter the same; whereas Cicely's turn had always been for the department of housewifery, and she could make a castle in pastry far better than in tapestry; but where Queen Mary had a whole service of cooks and pantlers of her own, this accomplishment was uncalled for, and was in fact considered undignified.

    Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The dey woman enters the castle about vesper time, and usually leaves her cloak in the passage as she goes into the pantlers 'office with the milk.

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

  • The dey woman enters the castle about vesper time, and usually leaves her cloak in the passage as she goes into the pantlers’ office with the milk.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

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