poissonnier

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/ˈpwɑ.sɔn.jeɪ/

noun

In a large commercial kitchen, a cook tasked with preparing and cooking (and possibly selecting) fish and fish dishes.

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Meanings

nounpoissonnier (plural poissonniers)

plural poissonniers

  1. In a large commercial kitchen, a cook tasked with preparing and cooking (and possibly selecting) fish and fish dishes.

Origin

  1. Frenchpoissonnier
  2. Englishpoissonnier

Borrowed from French poissonnier, from poisson (“fish”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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