pantler

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noun

The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounpantler (plural pantlers)

plural pantlers

  1. obsoleteThe servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.

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

    c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]
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    Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon This day she was both pantler, butler, cook, Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all;

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]

Origin

  1. Middle Englishpanterere
  2. Englishpantler

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

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Translations

Polish stolnik, spiżarny
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APA

pantler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantler

MLA

“pantler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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