pantler

pantler

English

Etymology

From pantelere, a dissimilated variant of Middle English panterere, from panetrie; equivalent to pantry +‎ -er.

Noun

pantler (plural pantlers)

1. (obsolete) The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, Scene 4,

     A good shallow young fellow. ’A would have made a pantler; ’a would ha’ chipp’d bread well.

   • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act IV, Scene4,

     Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon

     This day she was both pantler, butler, cook,

     Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all;

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• planter, replant