gallopin

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noun

An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.

OriginFrench galopin →
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Meanings

noungallopin (plural gallopins)

plural gallopins

  1. obsoleteAn underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.

    He was permitted to run about the streets of Paris , and to become a mere Gallopin

    1793, The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine

Origin

  1. Frenchgalopin
  2. Englishgallopin

From French galopin. See gallop (intransitive verb).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gallopin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallopin.

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